Posted on 03/17/2009 7:13:04 PM PDT by Borges
Natasha Richardson died Tuesday, a day after suffering a head injury in a Canadian skiing accident, a source close to her family told OK!. She was 45.
The magazine said on its Web site that Richardson's loved ones decided to take her off life support Tuesday after she was declared brain dead.
"The family is devastated," the source told OK!
The British-born actress was the daughter of stage and film great Vanessa Redgrave and the late director-producer Tony Richardson. She also was the sister of actress Joely Richardson and the wife of Northern Irish actor Liam Neeson, her co-star in the 1994 movie "Nell."
She had two sons with Neeson -- 13-year-old Micheal and 12-year-old Daniel.
Richardson appeared in the movies "Gothic," "Blow Dry," "The Parent Trap," "Haven," "Maid in Manhattan," "Asylum" and "The White Countess." She won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway revival of the musical "Cabaret."
"Batman Begins," "Schindler's List" and "Michael Collins" star Neeson can be seen in the current release "Taken."
He left the Toronto set of his movie "Chloe" immediately to fly to Montreal where his wife was hospitalized after her accident, a representative for the film told IrishCentral.com.
The New York Daily News said Neeson accompanied Richardson on the flight home from Montreal to New York where her family gathered Tuesday to say goodbye to the actress.
Richardson reportedly sustained her injuries while skiing on a beginner slope at a Quebec resort with at least one of her sons.
Prayers for the family. I know. My beloved wife died of a cerebral hemorhage. Like them, I hoped until the very end.
I agree. (If the reports are true)
Um...Montreal to New York isn’t across the Atlantic or am I missing something?
Oh heartbreak!! This is so sad. Prayers to Liam, her sons and family.
My prayers for her family.
Oh wait my bad. It’s still a lengthy plane ride. Wouldn’t the changes in air pressure be dangerous for someone with swelling and so forth?
Exactly, I think the trip was meant so that she can be around family and friends so that they can say goodbye. I don’t think they were expected to fly to Canada to say goodbye so they flew her back to New York..Now, no local news media reporting her death so til it’s confirmed this will just be a rumor..most likely she is brain dead, either way you look at it its a real tragedy, her poor children, 12 and 13, I feel for the whole family
They knew she was gone. They wanted her to die in the US.
Prayers for Liam Neeson and his sons.......
Very sad news but something about this doesn’t sound right. I wonder if she had an underlying problem that the fall might have exacerbated.
Very sorry about your loss. It sounds like this might have happened to Natasha as no one seemed to think she hit her head on her fall and most “beginner” runs are fairly easy slopes. I remember the bunny slope I learned on, the biggest threat was running into the day lodge at the bottom of the hill.
RIP
I’m very sorry to hear this. She was wonderful in The Parent Trap. My sympathies...
Earlier Details of accident: Natasha Richardson Tragedy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFB-KAVMWgo
“They knew she was gone. They wanted her to die in the US.”
Natasha was a naturalized American citizen.
We will miss her.
I've started telling both beginning and intermediate skiers and snowboarders that they should consider wearing a helmet. Every expert skier that I know already wears a helmet. I've seen and assisted a dying skier on an alpine slope who wasn't wearing a helmet and hit a tree with the back of their head.
RIP, Prayers for such a young family.
So sad! I really liked her.
FOX reporting she’s brain dead.
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