Lohans tried to save Mellon

MATTHEW Mellon’s concerned close friend Lindsay Lohan tried to help the troubled billionaire days before his untimely death. She urged her father, Michael Lohan, to contact Mellon, and he tried to convince him not to head to Mexico for illegal treatment with ibogaine.

Lindsay was “adamant” that her father, a recovering addict and counselor, speak to Mellon, a source said. “He said she would kill him if he didn’t try to reach Matthew.”

Michael confirmed he talked to Mellon, who died in Mexico on Monday, on his private jet. “For a week before Matt considered treatment, I was in touch with him to the point where just before he took off for Mexico, I told him not to do ibogaine,” Michael told us. “It’s illegal in the US for a reason.” He recommended an alternate legal treatment with a Connecticut doctor.

Mellon said in 2016 he had a $100,000-a-month OxyContin habit, and he praised ibogaine the same year. But this week, Cancun rehab Clear Sky Recovery said Mellon died at a hotel before he checked in. Says Michael: “I’m heartbroken for Matt and his family, I’m devastated at his loss, and I’m really pissed off that the treatment industry is failing to the point where people like Matt leave the country to try dangerous protocols like ibogaine. I truly feel the story of Matt’s passing can be a message that will save numerous lives.”

Lindsay belted out “Edge of Seventeen” at Mel- lon’s wild 50th birthday in 2014, where guests included designer and then-wife Nicole Hanley, Paris and Nicky Hilton, Vikram Chatwal, Topper Mortimer and Nile Rodgers. A rep for Lindsay said, “She was a very dear friend to him and his former wife . . . She just wanted him to get better for his children. She would like to send her respects to his former wife, children and family.”

Meanwhile, we hear that Mellon’s family is trying to keep his funeral, on Saturday in Florida, small. Said another pal, “They’re circling the wagons. They want it private. But people from all over the world want to pay their respects. He lived large.” We hear some will have their own memorials for Mellon this fall.