Heath Ledger is the youngest posthumous Academy Award winner and one of just two to win an acting prize. He died at just 28 years old of a drug overdose at home in Soho in 2008.

A year later, he won the inaugural posthumous Oscar. It was the first of surprisingly many deceased winners and nominees, from James Dean and Spencer Tracy to Chadwick Boseman and Walt Disney.

A year later, he won the inaugural posthumous Oscar. It was the first of surprisingly many deceased winners and nominees, from James Dean and Spencer Tracy to Chadwick Boseman and Walt Disney.

Those who expected Chadwick Boseman to win a posthumous Oscar at Sunday night's ceremony were left disappointed. The actor lost to Anthony Hopkins. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 ...

Quincy Jones was honored with a posthumous honorary Oscar at this year's Governors Awards on Sunday, Nov. 17; Jamie Foxx introduced the award with a heartfelt speech about the late music legend ...

OSCARS 2025: Heath Ledger, Peter Finch and Walt Disney are among the most famous stars to win Oscars after their deaths, something that is more common than you might at first think, writes ...