Natasha Richardson Dies

GODDESS6 · #1 03-17-2009, 12:20 PM

http://perezhilton.com/2009-03-17-rip-232

This is so horribly tragic!
Natasha Richardson has passed away after her fatal skiing accident in Canada on Monday.
Although public reports have not yet confirmed it, sources close to Richardson’s family and friends tell say they have already been told the awful news: she did not survived the accident, Time Out New York is reporting.
Such a devastating loss of a gifted actress at a young age. She was on a beginner slope! And, after the accident, she was said to be talking and walking.
So sad. So so sad.
Natasha was just 45 years old.
She is survived by her husband, actor Liam Neeson, and two adolescent sons, as well as mother Vanessa Redgrave and sister Joely Richardson.
Our thoughts go out to her entire family.
Rest in peace.

BTFLCHLD · #2 03-17-2009, 12:22 PM

HejiraNYC · #3 03-17-2009, 12:23 PM

Oh dear... when I heard this morning that she had suffered head injuries, I knew this would not end well...

Such a lovely, talented actress and singer.

gretchen · #4 03-17-2009, 12:32 PM

Oh my GOD!!!!

How unbelievably horrific!

BombaySapphire3 · #5 03-17-2009, 12:43 PM

I am so sorry to hear this..that family has had it's share of tradgedy.Good thoughts to her mother..the great Vanessa.

BTFLCHLD · #6 03-17-2009, 12:46 PM

T.O.N.Y. updated:

Although public reports have not yet confirmed it, sources close to Richardson's family and friends say they have already been told the awful news: She will not survive the accident, and is currently brain dead.

gretchen · #7 03-17-2009, 12:53 PM

Life is so fleeting...it can vanish like a wisp of steam in the slightest of breezes.

trackaghost · #8 03-17-2009, 01:26 PM

Oh wow. This is so tragic.
I was lucky enough to interview Natasha a few years back and she was so warm and friendly and genuine. After the interview she stayed chatting to me about her family and children. She really was a classy, lovely lady. This is very sad news.

BTFLCHLD · #9 03-17-2009, 01:36 PM

CNN reporting...

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Richardson was taken to a hospital near Station Mont Tremblant before she was transferred to Hopital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal following her fall on Monday, according to the statement. However, she was transferred Tuesday to an undisclosed location in the United States, according to Michelle Simard, spokeswoman for Hopital du Sacre-Coeur.

I'm going to hold onto some hope here...

GODDESS6 · #10 03-17-2009, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

CNN reporting...

I'm going to hold onto some hope here...

me too, i have heard tons of conflicting reports in the last hour as to her condition~

i hope it isn't true that she has passed, if it isn't true, i will be pissed that it was reported as so~

ontheEdgeof17 · #11 03-17-2009, 04:27 PM

New reports say she is on life support and will transported to NYC to be disconnected. Why, I dunno?

Nico · #12 03-17-2009, 09:21 PM

This is terribly sad.I have the "Cabaret" Broadway soundtrack and I really loved her performance as Sally. She was extraordinary. Oh, that's such a shame. I love skiing, but it is no joke. I mean, no joke. I feel so bad for her children and husband.

It seems lately, in my own life, people are passing away left and right.

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #13 03-18-2009, 10:40 AM

Has this actually been confirmed yet?

BTFLCHLD · #14 03-18-2009, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Has this actually been confirmed yet?

The family may have a press-release later today.
There is a video circulating of Natasha's family entering and later exiting Lenox Hill Hospital (NY), and various reports that do not provide a positive outlook.

I hope there is an official press-release soon. It was uncomfortable to see the family filmed in distress, especially Natasha's children, with papraz-pricks shouting out the insensitive crap that they do. One can only hope 'they' back off from the invasion and allow the family privacy.

I read items such as below and it just tears a heart out...what that must be like to be in this/that situation...

Quote:

"The rule of thumb is: You have two neurological exams, 12 hours apart, to show that there is no evidence of higher brain activity," said Dr. Philip Stieg, chairman of New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell's department of neurological surgery.

"If that is so, the patient is brain-dead; they are clinically dead."

At that point, he said, "The family has two options:

"You turn off the ventilator, the heart will stop beating, and that is it," he said. Or, the family can keep her alive a bit longer "and allow them time to say goodbye."

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #15 03-18-2009, 11:02 AM

It is very sad indeed. I was in the company of an actress friend of Natasha's last night and she was very distressed at the news