Naomi Watts� moving tribute to �darling heart� Heath Ledger

NAOMI Watts wished her late ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger a happy birthday with a throwback snap of the former couple on Instagram on Wednesday.“Happy birthday to this darling heart. We will never forget you … #heathledger #rip,” she wrote alongside a photo of the couple back in 2004.Ledger suffered a fatal accidental prescription drug overdose in January 2008 and would have turned 39 on Wednesday.The Birdman star’s Instagram story featured another photo of the duo, as well as a solo shot of Ledger.

The Australian actors were an item from 2002 to 2004.It’s not the first time Watts has posted about Ledger. In January she posted a commemorative message on the 10th anniversary of Ledger’s death.“He was a true original,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “Heart always on his sleeve, with the most powerful charisma, strength, humour and talent. I will never forget his gentle spirit.”Busy Philipps, the longtime best friend of his former partner Michelle Williams, also posted a tearful video to Instagram on the anniversary.

In the clip, she revealed she was listening to a MGMT song in the car that reminded her of him.I was just driving and I was thinking about my friend Heath, who died 10 years ago,” she said, while fighting back tears.“And this song came on, Time To Pretend, which came out after he had passed away. And I remember when it came out because I thought ... it made me think of him.“I just thought he would have liked this song, you know?”