Heath Ledger's teenage daughter Matilda 'wants to return to Australia to spend time with her late father's family' - 14 years after his untimely death By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:05 GMT, 24 January 2022 | Updated: 05:12 GMT, 24 January 2022 Viewcomments Heath Ledger's daughter Matilda could be returning to Australia, 14 years after her father's death. Matilda, 16, is currently living in New York with her mother Michelle Williams, stepdad Thomas Kail and a one-year-old sibling. According to Woman's Day, the teenager wants to travel to Perth to visit her late dad's family. Heath Ledger's teenage daughter Matilda 'wants to return to Australia to spend time with her dad's family - 14 years after his untimely death. Pictured Matilda and mother Michelle Williams 'Michelle is extremely protective of Matilda and has tried so hard to shelter her from public life, but she has accepted Matilda's wishes,' an insider allegedly told the publication. 'She knows how Heath died, and how much he loved her. Not to mention how much his family loves her and that she always has a home with them,' the source added. Travel plans: According to Woman's Day, the teenager has told her mother that she wants to travel to Perth to visit Heath's (pictured) family Michelle was in a relationship with Heath from 2004 until late 2007. The couple welcomed Matilda, their only child, in October 2005. Heath died in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008, after accidentally overdosing following months of physical and mental exhaustion. 'Michelle is extremely protective of Matilda and has tried so hard to shelter her from public life, but she has accepted Matilda's wishes,' an insider said Reportedly a drug user on and off for years, things came to a head when he was juggling too many films - including his last role The Dark Knight - on very little sleep and he started relying on various cocktails of prescriptions to shut his mind off. 'I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going,' he told the New York Times in an interview in November - just two months before he died at the age of 28. He was found to have taken a lethal combination of six drugs: two types of narcotics, two types of anti-anxiety medicine and two types of sleep medicine. Tragic: Heath died in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008, after accidentally overdosing following months of physical and mental exhaustion Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility