lascantas said:

How horrible. Makes me think of all the little bumps and mini-accidents my daughter has.

Doctors say it is very common for people to bump their heads just a bit and still die. Makes you wonder how people like Evil Kenieval lived so long.

First, there is pressure on the brain--when that happens there is a blood clot, usually that kind of thing is hard to heal. Her waiting an hour was a very bad idea.

If this happens to you, seek medical help, don't end up like this.

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The media should be killed for reporting that she was near death so quick, with no proof. They say she may not recover, but that's different than saying she is nearly dead. Shameful.

Just to get a fucking scoop. Awful.

What a terrible terrible story I wish she could come out of this but I heard today she is brain dead. And from almost nothing from the sounds of it. dang.

Latest >> Liz Smith Says Star Taken Off Life Support
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1 HOUR 17 MINUTES AGO(March 17) - Natasha Richardson's family has huddled together at a New York City hospital that's treating the award-winning actress for a serious head injury sustained after an incident on a Quebec ski slope.
In the two days since the accident, scores of conflicting reports have surfaced about Richardson's condition, most sources coming to the conclusion that the beloved wife of Liam Neeson has been rendered brain dead. Now, famed gossip columnist and friend of the family Liz Smith is reporting that Richardson's family took the star off of life support at 1:30 PM ET today.


"This is not unexpected," Smith writes in her column on wowowow.com. "Insiders felt yesterday, on learning they were flying Natasha in to Lenox Hill, that this meant her condition was hopeless and they were just finding a place to be together with her and to say good-bye."
A family friend that asked to remain anonymous told PEOPLE a similarly grim assessment.
"There is no chance. It is a fact that her heart is beating but she is brain dead."
Skip over this content On Tuesday, before she was flown to New York, the Toronto Star spotted the star's husband, Liam Neeson, crouched inside the back of an ambulance at Montreal's Sacre-Coeur hospital as Richardson, wrapped in blankets and with tubes covering her face, was loaded inside. Sources told TMZ that during Richardson's ambulance ride to New York's Lenox Hill Hospital, she was "unconscious," her pupils "non-reactive," and she was suffering from "major head trauma."
Later that evening, a somber looking Vanessa Redgrave, Richardson's mother, was seen walking into Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.
Because the family has remained closely guarded with their words, little information on Richardson's true condition have been scarce, leaving the media to dig for news.
The New York Post quotes friends of the actress that also claim the star is in fact brain dead and that she is being moved to New York to be taken off life support. TMZ earlier reported that she may be suffering from brain swelling.
The 45-year-old 'Nell' star and wife of Liam Neeson was brought to a Montreal hospital for treatment on Monday evening, as first reported by PEOPLE and IrishCentral.com.
A ski patrol source told TMZ that Richardson was having a private lesson on a beginner slope and fell. Two ski patrollers came to her rescue and said there was no blood and no sign of impact. She got up and said she was fine, smiling and making jokes. The Gazette reports that Richardson was not wearing a ski helmet when she fell.

"She seemed to be fine and had no obvious injuries," resort spokeswoman Lyne Lortie told Radio-Canada. The patrol members escorted her back to the hotel and recommended she see a doctor.
"She walked back to her room, she insisted on going back to her room. About an hour later the instructor -- who had stayed with her to make sure everything was all right -- noticed that Ms. Richardson was not feeling well and called an ambulance," Lortie said.
"There were no signs of impact and no blood, nothing," Mont Tremblant spokeswoman Catherine Lacasse said.
At that point, she was taken to the hospital but was conscious when she left the resort.
Lortie said she was surprised by reports of a serious head injury because Richardson "spoke without any confusion, she knew where she was, she was in full control of herself ... there was no visible injury, no sign of impact."
Neeson left the set of the film 'Chloe' in Toronto to be with his wife, a rep for the movie announced on Monday night. "We do not have any details at this time but we hope for the best and our thoughts and prayers are with Natasha and Liam and their family," the statement read.

Richardson won a Tony award in 1998 for her role in 'Cabaret' and has numerous film credits including 'The Parent Trap' with Dennis Quaid, 'Blow Dry' and Ethan Hawke's 'Chelsea Walls.'
She is the daughter of legendary actress Vanessa Redgrave and producer Tony Richardson and has been married to Neeson since 1994. The couple have two sons.
In January, Richardson and her mother played the roles of mother and daughter in a one-night benefit concert version of "A Little Night Music," the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical, at Studio 54 in New York.

She just passed away.

How sad. You go on a nice ski trip, have fun and then...

I thought she would make it.

A wonderful memorial would be to change our disgusting media.

If these latest reports prove true, and if any Stateside memorial services are held for Ms. Richardson, I do hope there's a certain level of hush observed. Such a high-profile death and links to the likes of Tony Richardson and Liam Neeson are exactly the sort of thing *ssholes like Fred Phelps et al look for in stirring up their crap.

When she does go, I hope she rests in peace, and I pray for the family.

Vendetta1 said:

How absolutely horrifying. Everyone, live every damn day cuz you never know!

Natasha Richardson Dies at 45
AP



posted: 11 MINUTES AGO

(March 18) — A spokesman for the family of Natasha Richardson says the actress has died.
Richardson, a gifted and precocious heiress to acting royalty whose career highlights included the film "Patty Hearst" and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of "Cabaret," died after suffering an apparent head injury from a skiing accident. She was 45.

Alan Nierob of Rogers & Cowan said in a statement Wednesday night: "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."
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.

Unbelievably sad

Filmography

Gothic (1986) – Mary Shelley
A Month in the Country (1987) – Alice Keach
Patty Hearst (1988) – Patricia Hearst
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) – Jean Tatlock
The Handmaid's Tale (1990) – Kate/Offred
The Comfort of Strangers (1990) – Mary
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991) – Sybil
Past Midnight (1992) – Laura Mathews
Nell (1994) – Dr. Paula Olsen
Widows' Peak (1994) – Mrs Edwina Broome
The Parent Trap (1998) – Elizabeth James
Haven (2001) – Ruth Gruber
Blow Dry (2001) – Shelley Allen
Waking Up In Reno (2002) – Darlene Dodd
Maid in Manhattan (2002) – Caroline Lane
The White Countess (2005) – Countess Sofia Belinskya
Asylum (2005) – Stella Raphael
Evening (2007) – Constance Lord
Wild Child (2008) – Mrs. Kingsley


Stage
On the Razzle (1983)
Top Girls (1983)
Charley's Aunt (1983)
The Seagull (1985) – Nina
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1985) – Helena
Hamlet (1985) – Ophelia
High Society (1987) – Tracey
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) – Jean Tatlock
Anna Christie (1993) – Anna
Cabaret (1998) – Sally
Closer (1999) – Anna
The Lady from the Sea (2003)
A Streetcar Named Desire (2005) – Blanche

Awards

Most Promising Newcomer Plays and Players, 1986
Best Actress: Plays and Players, 1990
Evening Standard Film Award, 1990
Prague Film Festival, 1994
Tony Award, actress in a musical, Cabaret, 1999
Evening Standard Film Award, 2006

They just reported her death on MSNBC. This is really tragic. May she rest in peace.

I don't know who she is but, how quickly things changed for the worse.

Actress Natasha Richardson dies at 45


at 20:08 on March 18, 2009, EDT.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


In this May 5, 2008 file photo, actress Natasha Richardson arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala in New York. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Peter Kramer
NEW YORK - A spokesman for the family of Natasha Richardson says the actress has died, she was 45.

Richardson died after suffering an apparent head injury from a skiing accident in Quebec on Monday.

Richardson's career highlights included the film "Patty Hearst" and a Tony-winning performance in a stage revival of "Cabaret."

Alan Nierob of Rogers & Cowan issued a statement Wednesday night that says her husband Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are "shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha."

The statement says they are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time.


©The Canadian Press, 2009

My sympathies to Liam Neeson and family

I made this a sticky

How sad...

I was hoping for the best.

How horrible. I was so rooting for her to get better.

My prayers are with her family.

Just so sad.

REDGRAVE CLAN - What a talented family





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Wow...this is a truly shocking and scary story.

KidaDynamite said:

I know right, a headache from the fall and then she dead!

DesireeNevermind said:

Shit, now I'm gonna be paranoid when I get headaches without the falling.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Exactly coz a life can be snuffed out at any time

KidaDynamite said:

u aint neva lied. my leg got sore and i started fearing amputation. shit can happen today or 40 years from now you just neva know for sure. her poor boys.

DesireeNevermind said:

I feel you. Shit like this happens all of the time and that's why it scares the crap outta me.

I was just wondering if she had gone to the hospital right after the fall..could they have saved her?

This hits a nerve b/c a similar thing happened to my brother..he had a severe headache..went to the hosp...they told him to go home & take some tyl....he spent
the night at my apt that night & in the morning he was braindead.

i always regret not taking him back to the hospital.

A lovely talent in her own right.

Rest in peace.

Of all the coincidences in the world, I recently watched her in The Parent Trap with Lindsey Lohan, the only Lohan movie I've ever watched because there was nothing else on, she ( Natasha ) was so beautiful in that role, I wanted to be Dennis Quaid. What could have possibly happen to her that she died so suddenly, this is a total shock. I feel all the empathy in the world for Liam, her mother Ms. Redgrave and her family and friends, what a terrible loss for the acting world.