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I took this from the following article because I feel the importance of us all the know the truth about drugs — even the prescription drugs.

While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy,” Kim Ledger said. “Heath’s accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosage.”

Heath Ledger’s death by accidental overdose should serve as a warning to others not to mix prescription drugs, his father said, calling the loss an enduring agony for his family.

The New York medical examiner announced Wednesday that the 28-year-old “Brokeback Mountain” star died from the effects of taking six types of painkillers and sedatives.

Ledger’s Jan. 22 death in his Manhattan apartment promoted outpourings of grief from New York to Hollywood to his hometown of Perth, a small city on the edge of the Outback in Australia’s southwest.

Family members returned home from the United States this week and were reportedly planning a private service to lay Ledger to rest. His former girlfriend Michelle Williams and the couple’s 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, arrived Wednesday to attend the ceremony, News Ltd. newspapers reported.

The West Australian newspaper reported Thursday that the family was hoping to hold a wake Saturday at a Colonial-style waterfront restaurant at Cottesloe Beach, a resort village south of Perth that was a favorite spot of the actor’s.

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