One thing that actor Heath Ledger’s family has tried to convey since his death eight years ago is the dangers of mixing prescription drugs.

In an interview with News.com.au, Heath’s parents, Kim and Sally. The two revealed that Heath’s last conversation was a phone call with his sister Kate:

“The last conversation Kate had with him was this discussion about his medications and she warned him, ‘You can’t mix drugs that you don’t know anything about.’ He said, ‘Katie, Katie, I’ll be fine.’ Well, that’s a cavalier boy’s answer. It just put his whole system to sleep I guess,” says Kim.

Unfortunately, even though Ledger wasn’t addicted to drugs, his mixing of them was still enough to be fatal.

“It was a one-off thing,” according to Kim. “That’s what killed us, because he was warned by his sister the night before: ‘You shouldn’t mix what you’re taking for pneumonia with your ambien.’ But most of Heath’s problems were self-induced. His hectic work schedule had begun to take its toll. There is pressure on everybody, especially young people, to perform and to keep going.”

“Heath mixed a couple of drugs together with sleeping tablets and he’s gone forever. That’s something we (himself, wife Sally and sister Kate) just have to deal with.”

Despite all this, however, Ledger’s family still turns a negative into a positive by warning people of these dangers.

“We encourage people to start verbalizing their problems with close friends or families or other relatives,” he said.

Losing a child is something that never leaves you. You can live with the pain, but it never leaves you. By speaking about Heath and what happened to him, we can send a message to Australians and hopefully we can save someone’s life.”

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Source: News.com.au