Natasha Richardson, 1963-2009

Natasha Richardson

Hi, campers.  It’s Sarah today.  Unfortunately, we’ll be starting off this morning with some terribly sad news:

Natasha Richardson passed away yesterday from complications after her skiing accident earlier this week.  Richardson, who was only 45 years old, was the wife of Liam Neeson and the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave, as well as a Tony Award-winning actress.  Neeson’s publicist released the following statement:

“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.”

Richardson, who was awake and lucid immediately following the accident, later began showing symptoms of serious head injury and was taken to the hospital, where doctors found she was bleeding in the brain.  Her heartbroken family had her removed from life support yesterday after she was pronounced brain dead.

Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson were a lovely couple who seemed genuinely happy and completely devoted to each other, and for 15 years they kept themselves almost fully out of the press except for when they were working.  Even my cold, dead heart is a little bit touched by the incredible sadness of this tragedy.

Natasha Richardson, Liam Neeson, and their two boys, Michael and Daniel:

Natasha Richardson & Liam Neeson, with sons Michael & Daniel

Liam and Natasha:

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7 Reader Comments

  1. missing-the-point

    Stop being gay; hundreds of thousands of people die every day for a variety of reasons – does your heart go out to every one of them? Or or those starving kids in Sudan not worth your empathy?

    What we need is a mass plague again to wipe out 1/3 or more of the present population… buy us some time before we run out of resources or over-pollute this earth.

  2. Jon

    Hopefully you’ll be the next one to get wiped out ;) I hear if you stand in front of a bus while its driving down the street, it helps speed the process. Why don’t you go try it out :D

  3. Fran

    Matthew you sick pig. The woman had a tragic death and you want to show sex tapes of her? You are a real bastard. Actually you don’t deserve to even be acknowledged and you are complete waste of time and space on this planet.

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