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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 11:13 am
latest from tmz UPDATE 2:00 PM ET -- The hospital tells TMZ Richardson is sedated and suffering from brain swelling -- but, contrary to some reports, is not brain dead. i pray that is true!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Fox News just reported that she is brain dead. She will be transported to New York and then will be taken off of life support.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:25 pm
If you read further in the Fox article, it says, "'We know that she has had an accident but we really do not know any more details," said Kika Markham, who is married to Richardson's uncle, Corin Redgrave. "We are very concerned.'" If family members are not sure, how can Fox be? I'm not sure Fox isn't just being its usual sensationalistic self. Although, sometimes the media does seem to know before family. We'll see. I do hope she is okay. You get up and go out to embrace the day, never thinking something like this can happen. Life can turn on a dime.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:36 pm
I can't imagine that she would be flown out of Montreal while in critical condition unless she were in fact brain dead. At least from what I've heard the hospital she just left is very good, and Montreal is a metro city they probably have a world-class hospital if in fact that one she was in was not (she was moved once already, correct? To the good hospital?) I don't think any of this sounds good, not at all.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 1:21 pm
Life can turn on a dime. ain't that the truth!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 1:31 pm
You get up and go out to embrace the day, never thinking something like this can happen. Life can turn on a dime. True Hermi! So hug your children, tell your friends and family you love them, stop the stress and smell the roses cause you never know. 
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 1:43 pm
My thoughts and prayers are with her and family.
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 3:17 pm
Goddess I agree...if it were brain swelling surely flying would be totally contra-indicated . A report I heard on one Canadian outlet said she was brain dead and was being flown to New York so all the family could be together..
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 3:46 pm
I hate to say this, but TMZ is usually on top of this type of thing. I guess I would believe TMZ before Fox (isn't that sad?)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 4:37 pm
I'm sorry to hear this. They seem like a nice couple.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 6:33 pm
TMZ just put up a photo of her mom going to the hospital in New York. Vanessa looked like she'd been pulled through a knothole backward, but I haven't seen her in years so maybe she always looks like that. I hope so, I'd rather that was her regular look than she was going to the hospital to help her daughter die. I hate this story. I wish she'd perk up and be all better tomorrow.
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Holly
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 6:46 pm
It really is very tragic. She's such a talent, carrying on the family's legacy.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 6:56 pm
The family is supposed to release a statement tomorrow.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:51 am
It doesn't sound at all good 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 1:01 am
GAL.. Vanessa usually looks much better than the pics on TMZ, so I'm guessing she just literally rushed to the hospital ungroomed and of course totally stressed. and she is 72..
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 2:38 am
Natasha Richardson faced a tragic final curtain Tuesday night as her heartbroken family gathered in New York to say farewell to the Tony Award-winning actress. Felled by a skiing accident, Richardson had "been on life support since this morning," a source close to the family said yesterday. "She is brain-dead." Her husband, actor Liam Neeson, and their two sons, Michael, 13, and Daniel, 12, were with her. So was Richardson's mother, legendary actress Vanessa Redgrave. Richardson's sister, actress Joely Richardson, was also helping them deal with this "absolutely dire and terrible" situation, the source said. Late last night, Joely fought back tears and declined to comment as she took her stricken sister's sons into Lenox Hill Hospital, where Natasha was on a ventilator. It was a sudden, tragic finale for the 45-year-old actress, whose late father was Oscar-winning director Tony Richardson. What made the loss even harder to accept was that Richardson didn't appear to be badly hurt when she wiped out while skiing on a bunny slope at a Canadian resort Monday afternoon. Her sons were with her at the time. Richardson, laughing at her own clumsiness, refused at first to go to a doctor, witnesses said. Tuesday night, there were tears as Richardson's family prepared to follow the heart-crushing choreography that goes with making the decision to let a loved one go. "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." The tragedy sent shock waves down Broadway. Richardson won her Tony in 1998 for playing Sally Bowles in "Cabaret." She is "theater royalty," said William Ivey Long, who designed her costumes. "Natasha is strong, but when you hear about something so horrible you think about those vulnerable characters" she has played, Long said. "Natasha is one of the greatest actresses of her generation," added Todd Haimes, artistic director of the Roundabout Theatre Company. 'Incredibly sweet, gracious' Richardson has another strong tie to Broadway - she met her husband when they starred together in "Anna Christie." from New York Daily News
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 2:43 am
I was wondering about her children. They were with her when it happened. 
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 3:05 am
Oh my, I like her so much. This is so sad.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 4:26 am
my sister is a floral designer and had her own business in Dublin. Liam Neeson was one of her clients and he orderd white lillies once a week for Natasha Richardson the whole time my sister had her business. He never failed to order her flowers.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 4:38 am
I was hoping to hear better news this morning. This is so sad. My thoughts and prayers are with her family.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 5:39 am
it's all very confusing. i hope the dire reports are wrong. this is from CNN NEW YORK (CNN) -- Actress Natasha Richardson was reportedly recovering in a New York City hospital on Wednesday, the day after she was seriously injured during a ski lesson in Canada.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 5:43 am
I just watched her a couple of weeks ago in "Haven" where she plays the real-life, Ruth Gruber. Her performance had me in tears. Like Vacanick, I was so hoping the news would be much better this morning. It seems all there is left to do now is pray.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 5:53 am
i just wonder if that hour would have made any difference before she got the headache and finally went to the hospital...
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 5:56 am
I have to think if she was conscious when she went to the hospital and was laughing and joking that perhaps she is in an induced coma. Perhaps they put her into a coma to allow the swelling to go down. The photo of her mother coming out of Lenox Hill is very sad. She just looks so shattered.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 6:39 am
TMZ is reporting that the medical and ambulance staff who transported Richardson to the New York hospital confirmed that she was brain dead. TMZ is a tabloid so take it with a dose of salt.
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