SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award. The painting features a bare-chested Ledger staring from the canvas as two images of the actor whisper into his ears. On Thursday, it was awarded a secondary prize by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in its annual national portrait competition. Sydney artist Del Kathryn Barton won first prize with her self-portrait. "Heath" by Vincent Fantauzzo was the popular choice among the 32,000 who saw the exhibition. Ledger died of...
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