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Family: Natasha Richardson Has Died
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Posted on 03/18/2009 5:04:24 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Family: Natasha Richardson Has Died Actress, Wife Of Liam Neeson Seriously Hurt In Skiing Accident NEW YORK (CBS) ―

A spokesman for the family of Natasha Richardson says she has died, CBS station WCBS-TV in New York reports.

"Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha. They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."

(Excerpt) Read more at wcbstv.com ...


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To: baltoga
Something is not right. Bump your head and die? I suspect something more sinister.

I doubt it. She may have had a problem with a vessel that was a time bomb. She could have just fell in a way that caused shearing from the jolt.

21 posted on 03/18/2009 5:12:02 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: Paved Paradise
Liam Neeson was Roman Catholic. I'm assuming he still is, as a Priest was called to the hospital?
22 posted on 03/18/2009 5:14:22 PM PDT by Milly (An Aggie Grama .)
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To: baltoga

No. Read up on it. They actually have a name for this, something like, “Talk and Die.” There is an injury and depending on level, blood is seeping into cavity that houses brain - blood puts pressure on the brain; hence, the reason she got the terrible headache one hour later. If the bleed is very intense, it takes very little time for the brain to be squeezed to death basically and deprived of oxygen, which is what supposedly happened here.


23 posted on 03/18/2009 5:14:27 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Chickensoup

My mom died age 44 similar. We disconnected after 2 days.

My girlfriend age 43 who suffered with brain cancer for 12 years just passed away on Sunday after a heroic struggle. Often a patient at Lenox Hill over the years. Her varied treatments are too long to list.

The brain is amazing. What it can and cant endure is just beyond modern science.


24 posted on 03/18/2009 5:14:35 PM PDT by alisasny (Congratulations liberals... but a whole country has to be run..not just you few.)
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To: nufsed

It almost happened to my brother. He got a head bump from falling and I don’t know how many days later was getting headaches that just wouldn’t go away—started slurring his speech and not making any sense. Dad rushed him to the hospital and they did emergency surgery on his head/brain. It’s amazing that he survived—also considering that he was in extremely poor physical health from alcoholism at the time.


25 posted on 03/18/2009 5:15:25 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: alisasny

Very sorry alisasny about your girlfriend and mom.


26 posted on 03/18/2009 5:16:38 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: alisasny
My mom was 74. She had a mild stroke and hit her head on the side of a table on the way down to a tile floor. She had just had aneurysm surgery and the doctors said that in her condition she was inoperable.
27 posted on 03/18/2009 5:16:47 PM PDT by nufsed
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To: Sub-Driver

Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson in October 2007.
28 posted on 03/18/2009 5:17:55 PM PDT by iowamark (certified by Michael Steele as "ugly and incendiary")
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To: Sub-Driver

RIP


29 posted on 03/18/2009 5:19:48 PM PDT by Nachum (the complete list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: beaversmom
IHow is he doing now. I posted my mom's story.

My other one was in the rec yard in a prison. An inmate was doing curls facing the wall. He put the weights down and felt that there was someone behind him. He turned and punched the guy (shouldn't be that close behind someone in prison).

The guy who got punched fell back and hit his head on the asphalt. Later he had a headache. We took him to the institution clinic. The nurse on duty said, two aspirin and sick call in the morning.

By 5 am he was in an ambulance on his way to the outside hospital. Died in the operating room.

30 posted on 03/18/2009 5:20:49 PM PDT by nufsed
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To: Milly
Liam Neeson was Roman Catholic. I'm assuming he still is, as a Priest was called to the hospital?

Wikipedia says he still is and the children were raised Catholic. I don't know if Natasha was.

But this is surprising if you know who Ian Paisley was (political leader of Northern Ireland's Protestant hardliners):

His interest in acting and decision to become an actor was also influenced by Ian Paisley whose church Neeson would sneak into. Neeson has said of Paisley that "He had a magnificent presence and it was incredible to watch this six foot-plus man just bible-thumping away...It was acting but it was also great acting and stirring too. And his Baptism skills are second to none."

32 posted on 03/18/2009 5:22:49 PM PDT by x
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To: Carley

I agree that is just plain ugly


33 posted on 03/18/2009 5:23:22 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: alisasny

Oh I am sorry for your losses. Had an aunt who died form brain cancer. Yes the people who endure this are heroes, as arer the ones who care for them and have to watch.
Prayers for peace as you heal and get to a place where you remember the good times.


34 posted on 03/18/2009 5:23:45 PM PDT by silverleaf (Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose")
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To: Sub-Driver

Tragic accident. Closed head injuries can be very unpredictable, and once bleeding is involved the injury can really go anywhere. The injured person can, initially, feel like there’s nothing wrong, or that they just got knocked on the noggin and that it’s “no big deal.” But inside the skull some bad things are happening.

My sincere condolences to the family.


35 posted on 03/18/2009 5:23:54 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: x

yes I know I was Raised in Glasgow


36 posted on 03/18/2009 5:28:32 PM PDT by Milly (An Aggie Grama .)
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To: ought-six

A “lucid interval”, where it seems that nothing is wrong, is indicative of an epidural hematoma. I heard a neurologist on CBS News explain that it’s not unusual for the injured person to experience no symptoms for a while after hitting their head.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_interval


37 posted on 03/18/2009 5:32:56 PM PDT by Deo volente (Freedom ended not with a bang, but with a "stimulus".)
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To: silverleaf

Comparing my moms sudden death 20 years ago to Reginas long 12 year stuggle and death just a few days ago has been troubling me. I guess I have wished my mom had an extra 12 years however watching Regina the past 6 months as she was dying was something I would wish on no one.

Grief sucks no matter how you look at it. Both Mom and Regina have each in their own ways taught me about life and its importance. I am grateful to have had them both as long as I did no matter how short the time was.


38 posted on 03/18/2009 5:37:49 PM PDT by alisasny (Congratulations liberals... but a whole country has to be run..not just you few.)
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To: alisasny

I’m very sorry for both of your losses, bot tragic. God be with you.


39 posted on 03/18/2009 5:44:06 PM PDT by luckymom (Forget the baby whales, save the baby humans.)
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To: Sub-Driver
Last summer my 90yo Dad and I were standing in hot Florida sun in a parking lot when he just crumbled to the ground. We got him to the ambulance and Emergency Room where after several exams he was about to be released after a couple of hours. They warned us to watch out for headaches and just as he was ready to leave he said he was getting one and it was a 'doozy'.

A diagnosis of subdural hematoma, 3 weeks of hospitalization, a drill hole to drain blood from the skull, 4+ weeks in a nursing home for rehab and our family feels VERY LUCKY to have him back in reasonable shape. I was told that the older you are the more your brain shrinks so that there is more danger in even minor head trauma. This story really strikes home, beautiful and vigorous then brain death. My prayers to the family!

40 posted on 03/18/2009 5:53:12 PM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
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