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Heath Ledger’s family relives pain of loss with Michael Jackson death

Michael Jackson’s sudden death re-opened the wounds of the family of Heath Ledger.

Similar circumstances of suspected drug use and the loneliness of a star have brought back the pain of the discovery of Ledger’s death in January, 2008, said Heath’s father Kim Ledger.

“On the day Michael died, I spoke to my daughters and former wife Sally and we all had such a down day,” Ledger told a women’s magazine in Australia.

But Kim has now taken a tougher line on Ledger’s death.

“At the end of the day, we’re all responsible for what goes into us and I blame Heath for not being responsible,” he said.

Ledger was found to have taken prescription drugs signed for by three different doctors on three countries.

A recent story in Vanity Fair magazine has claimed a combination of drugs, a break-up with Michelle Williams and insomnia caused Ledger’s death.

Kim, his former wife and Heath’s mother, Sally Bell, and one of Heath’s sisters took to the stage to accept a posthumous Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the star in Los Angeles.