Posted 29 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownMarlon Brando Once Confronted Michael Jackson And 15 Other Wild Celebrity Facts I Still Can't Wrap My Head AroundThe Jane Fonda and Anthony Perkins ones made me SO sad.by Hannah MarderBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink 1. Heath Ledger memorably and sadly died in 2008 after being found unresponsive by his masseuse - and, it was originally reported, his housekeeper. However, bizarre details about the moment he was found were later revealed. The masseuse, Diana Lee Wolozin, actually made three calls before calling the police: and all were to Mary-Kate Olsen. Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images Later reports say that Wolozin was let in by the housekeeper, and found Ledger on his bed. She began to set up, believing Ledger was sleeping, before realizing he was unresponsive. Olsen's number was on speed dial in Ledger's phone, and Wolozin apparently called her for help and advice, as she knew the two were friends - Olsen had her private security sent over. There were later reports Olsen and Ledger had been dating, though they were unconfirmed. Police believe Ledger was already dead when Wolozin found him. Sean Gallup / Getty Images It was later reported that Olsen was refusing to cooperate with investigators, though through a lawyer, Olsen denied knowing about the drugs that killed Ledger. The DEA later closed the case - they had not spoken to Olsen. 2. In another weird celebrity connection I wasn't expecting, Marlon Brando once confronted Michael Jackson about his child sex abuse allegations at his ranch Neverland. "I had asked him if he was a virgin and he sort of laughed and giggled. He said, 'Oh, Brando.' I said, 'Well, what do you do for sex?' And he was acting fussy and embarrassed." Kypros / Getty Images, Pool Photographer / Getty Images Brando reportedly told prosecutors during Jackson's 1994 abuse trial, "He said he hated his father and started to cry. And I said, 'Well, who are your friends?' He said, 'I don't know anybody my own age. I don't like anybody my own age.' I said, 'Why not?' He said, 'I don't know, I don't know.' He was crying hard enough that...I tried to assuage him. I tried to help him all I could." New York Daily News Archive / Getty Images Brando also said it was "pretty reasonable to conclude that he may have had something to do with kids." 3. Guillermo del Toro's father was kidnapped for 72 days in 1997, with a $1 million ransom...which was initially reported to have been paid by director James Cameron, a friend of del Toro. Del Toro later clarified that he had paid the ransom, but Cameron had offered, and that Cameron "came in and took charge" of the situation, paying for a hostage negotiator to come in. Michael Kovac / Getty Images Del Toro also said that the police in Guadalajara "had two proposals" for him. "The first was: For 5K, they would give us a room with the kidnappers, tied to a chair. They would provide a lead pipe and 15 minutes alone. The second one: For 10K they would make sure that - when the raid happened - all kidnappers would get killed and we'd get Polaroids. We said no. Absolutely no to both. We felt hatred and pain but could not be a part of the cycle of violence." 4. Jack Nicholson was raised by his grandmother, who he believed to be his mother - turns out, the much older "sister" he'd had was his real mother. His mother was only 18 when she had him, as a result of a relationship with a married man. To avoid scandal, Nicholson's grandmother claimed him as her own. Djamilla Rosa Cochran / Getty Images His "sister" (really his mother) June ended up trying to make it in Hollywood, and when Nicholson moved there to do the same, she was the only family member close by. He didn't find out the truth until after his mother died when Time magazine did a profile on him in 1974 (directly before the release of Chinatown) and discovered the truth in their research. The most eerie part? Nicholson's character finds out the truth about another character - namely, that her "sister" is actually her daughter - in the film. Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection 5. Nicholson isn't the only celeb to discover something through a magazine profile, though, in these two sad examples, the stories were already published when the stars realized the truth. First, Anthony Perkins found out he had HIV from a tabloid magazine. He had no idea he'd even been tested for it. Archive Photos / Getty Images Perkins had received blood tests for a palsy on his face. His wife Berry Berenson said after his death that she thought someone must've tested his blood for HIV without telling him and then leaked the story to the press. His diagnosis couldn't even be confirmed - he had to go back and test again. Images Press / Getty Images 6. Jane Fonda also discovered the true way her mother had died - by suicide, and not a heart attack, as her father claimed - through a magazine. Images Press / Getty Images 7. Paula Abdul has made multiple r
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