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Robbie Williams: I can relate to Heath Ledger's death

Singer used to take cocktail of pills

Robbie Williams says he was 24 hours from death when he went to rehab on his 33rd birthday

Robbie Williams can see how people die from overdosing on prescription drugs.

The singer, 35, admits he used to take a cocktail of pills.

‘I would do 20 Vicodin in a night,' he tells The Sun. 'It was a painkiller.

'Then I'd take Adderall, which was like speed for people with ADHD. I'd be doing colossal, heart-stopping amounts of that.

'You can buy Sativa, which is basically LSD for five minutes. It's powerful stuff.

‘I was on my way out. It wasn't the best period of my life.

‘You see Anna Nicole Smith goes off - pills. Michael Jackson goes off - pills. And Heath Ledger. I can relate to all of that.'

Ex-Take That singer Robbie is now clean after checking into rehab in 2007.

His single Bodies is out on 12 October followed by his album Reality Killed The Video Star on 9 November.

SEE VIDEO Sneak peek of Robbie Williams's promo for Bodies...

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