HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The Golden Globe award won by the late Heath Ledger Sunday night is headed for his 3-year-old daughter, Matilda.
"I should imagine that eventually it will be going to Matilda," the actor's mother, Sally Bell, told People magazine on Monday. "At this stage she is only so young, but down the track she will have all these things. It will belong to her because she is part of him."
Ledger, who died from an accidental prescription drug overdose last January, won best supporting actor for his turn as the Joker in "The Dark Knight."
Bell said she was boarding a flight when learned that her son had won his first Golden Globe. She said the moment led to a "a few tears."
"There is a lot of emotion tied up in this and we have to deal with that emotion first before we can relax and enjoy the moment, if you know what I mean," said Bell, who lives in the actor's native Australia.
Bell said Matilda, who is the only child of Ledger and actress Michelle Williams, will have plenty of opportunities to keep her father's memory alive in the future, thanks to his many critically-acclaimed performances.
"It is such a fantastic and wonderful legacy for his daughter," she told the mag. "Matilda will have so many people who will be able to speak to her about her father's abilities and [the] respect he had in the industry.
"That is such a wonderful legacy to leave."
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