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Natasha Richardson dies at age 45
Edited on Wed Mar-18-09 08:15 PM by NYC Liberal
Source: Entertainment Weekly

Natasha Richardson, the versatile actress known for her nuanced performances on stage, television, and film, has died. She had suffered a traumatic brain injury in a skiing accident in Canada on Monday, March 16, and was later transported to New York, where she passed away at age 45.

Read more: http://breaking-news.ew.com/2009/03/over-the-course.htm...



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RIP...and thinking of Liam and their sons now. In a way, it's a good thing that, if she wasn't going to recover, that she went quickly and that she didn't have happen what happened to Terri Schiavo and others.

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   OMG, I can't believe she died.  flvegan   Mar-18-09 08:11 PM   #1 
   This is very upsetting to me for some reason  LostinVA   Mar-18-09 08:13 PM   #7 
   Me too, and I don't think I really even saw many of her movies  WildEyedLiberal   Mar-18-09 08:15 PM   #9 
   make a point of seeing A Handmaid's Tale  RaleighNCDUer   Mar-18-09 10:33 PM   #97 
   I understand. She was a really great person by all accounts. Active  DevonRex   Mar-18-09 08:15 PM   #10 
   I was thinking about Liam Neeson's role in "Love Actually"  LostinVA   Mar-18-09 08:29 PM   #39 
   Me, too. That was the first thing I thought of.  colorado thinker   Mar-18-09 08:33 PM   #41 
   Life often imitates Art. I too was thinking of that movie.  glinda   Mar-18-09 09:13 PM   #76 
   Aw, man. Now I'm tearing up. So very, very sad.  DevonRex   Mar-18-09 08:39 PM   #49 
   Yes. I heard his voice in my mind and I struggled to remember where and then, whoa, I was blown away  DrZeeLit   Mar-18-09 09:43 PM   #87 
   Me too  MissDeeds   Mar-18-09 10:22 PM   #96 
   That is exactly what came to my mind too....  BrklynLiberal   Mar-18-09 10:43 PM   #102 
   I have been haunted by him in that role too.  FedUpWithIt All   Mar-19-09 10:04 AM   #129 
   And a fabulous mother. The best.  peacetalksforall   Mar-18-09 08:33 PM   #42 
   She wasn't "controversial", she wasn't an attention hog...just a great woman and a great actress.  NYC Liberal   Mar-18-09 08:17 PM   #15 
   Yes -- very "normal" in her real life  LostinVA   Mar-18-09 08:25 PM   #34 
   It's hard to see it happen like that, especially since we've all known her closest family  jobycom   Mar-18-09 08:25 PM   #33 
   Haruka and I were just saying that -- it could happen to any of us  LostinVA   Mar-18-09 08:28 PM   #37 
   Makes me think of my late night jogs differently. nt.  jobycom   Mar-18-09 08:48 PM   #58 
   As if we need to believe that beauty wealth and fame is a magic amulet  aquart   Mar-18-09 08:29 PM   #38 
   I don't think it's that, so much, as that we are more attracted to talent and beauty  jobycom   Mar-18-09 08:45 PM   #56 
      Actors and Other Artists Are a Part of Our Culture  NashVegas   Mar-18-09 09:19 PM   #77 
   My 88 year old father just took a tumble down concrete stairs. . .  Paula Sims   Mar-18-09 09:27 PM   #83 
   Me too ... much more than I'd have thought possible. I've admired  Hieronymus   Mar-18-09 08:36 PM   #45 
   Maybe because it seems so random...one seemly small  MillieJo   Mar-18-09 08:53 PM   #62 
   It's probably because her initial injury looked like nothing  Warpy   Mar-18-09 08:54 PM   #64 
   Me too.  TuxedoKat   Mar-18-09 10:16 PM   #93 
   Me, too. Very sad. Condolences to the family. May she rest in peace.  SCRUBDASHRUB   Mar-18-09 08:34 PM   #44 
   Ah, I'm sorry.  LisaM   Mar-18-09 08:11 PM   #2 
   This is just so sad.  ronnykmarshall   Mar-18-09 08:12 PM   #3 
   Announced it on BBC America News as well  supernova   Mar-18-09 08:13 PM   #4 
   Rest in Peace, Ms. Richardson  ixion   Mar-18-09 08:13 PM   #5 
   So, so sad ... God bless Liam Neeson and their sons ...  LSparkle   Mar-18-09 08:13 PM   #6 
   We knew that was coming. She was in a great hospital in Canada.  DevonRex   Mar-18-09 08:14 PM   #8 
   You're right. I hadn't thought of that...  Demoiselle   Mar-18-09 08:39 PM   #48 
   Yeap... her she was flown to New York so she could die  MillieJo   Mar-18-09 09:05 PM   #69 
   so sad  maddezmomDU Moderator   Mar-18-09 08:15 PM   #11 
   Sad (nt)  question everything   Mar-18-09 08:16 PM   #12 
   Bless her heart. Sending comforting thoughts to family and friends.  AndyA   Mar-18-09 08:16 PM   #13 
   Heartbreaking. Condolences to her family, friends, and many well-earned fans.  jobycom   Mar-18-09 08:17 PM   #14 
   I am very sad - condolences to her family and friends. nt  LaurenG   Mar-18-09 08:17 PM   #16 
   My heart goes out to her family.  DesertRat   Mar-18-09 08:17 PM   #17 
   I watched "Evening" just last night  colorado thinker   Mar-18-09 09:09 PM   #71 
   I thought it was a very good movie  DesertRat   Mar-19-09 12:26 AM   #114 
   Evening really touched me.  susanna   Mar-19-09 12:21 AM   #113 
   How sadly ironic that a few years ago Liam Neeson played a widowed  kestrel91316   Mar-18-09 08:18 PM   # 
   Like totally bumming here...  FarLeftRage   Mar-18-09 08:18 PM   #18 
   Absolutely tragic.  Starry Messenger   Mar-18-09 08:18 PM   #19 
   Strength to her family and friends  proud patriotLead Moderator   Mar-18-09 08:19 PM   #20 
   if she was severely brain damaged  JitterbugPerfume   Mar-18-09 08:19 PM   #21 
   Yes, I feel the same way. IF she wasn't going to recover  NYC Liberal   Mar-18-09 08:20 PM   #23 
   I totally agree, and if this ever happens to me, I hope I go  Booster   Mar-18-09 08:23 PM   #29 
   Agreed -- she and her family were spared what happen to Karen Ann Quinlan and her family  LostinVA   Mar-18-09 08:38 PM   #47 
   If think she was brain-dead... actually...not brain damaged  MillieJo   Mar-18-09 09:07 PM   #70 
   Thinking of two films I love.  onehandle   Mar-18-09 08:20 PM   #22 
   I loved that re-make too...  MillieJo   Mar-18-09 09:11 PM   #73 
   Unbelievable!  avaistheone1   Mar-18-09 08:21 PM   #24 
   Very sad news, indeed.  bear425   Mar-18-09 08:21 PM   #25 
   On a beginners trail talking lessons with a ski instructor and a seemingly minor spill  stray cat   Mar-18-09 08:22 PM   #26 
   Indeed it is.  avaistheone1   Mar-18-09 08:25 PM   # 
   This incident reminds me that when it's your time to go, you just go..  Kahuna   Mar-18-09 08:25 PM   #32 
   I'm not sure it was so minor.  jobycom   Mar-18-09 08:34 PM   #43 
   I wouldn't dwell on that if I were them.  Berry Cool   Mar-18-09 09:25 PM   #82 
      Natasha seems to have been as moving and memorable as her Mom .. .  defendandprotect   Mar-19-09 12:14 AM   #111 
   I think she was being a mom and trying not to...  DevonRex   Mar-18-09 08:41 PM   #51 
   Bless her heart  warrior1   Mar-18-09 08:22 PM   #27 
   My condolences to her family and friends  FloridaJudy   Mar-18-09 08:22 PM   #28 
   Omg, I can't believe she died!  chatnoir   Mar-18-09 08:23 PM   #30 
   CNN: Natasha Richardson dies after ski fall  avaistheone1   Mar-18-09 08:24 PM   #31 
   so tragic :(  rebecca_herman   Mar-18-09 08:27 PM   #35 
   This is heartbreaking  RFKHumphreyObamaDU Moderator   Mar-18-09 08:27 PM   #36 
   Dreadful, the whole thing  BeyondGeography   Mar-18-09 08:31 PM   #40 
   Very, very sad  jb5150   Mar-18-09 08:38 PM   #46 
   R.I.P.  BumRushDaShow   Mar-18-09 08:41 PM   #50 
   This is too sad, RIP dear lady.  Jefferson23   Mar-18-09 08:42 PM   #52 
   very sad news  tomm2thumbs   Mar-18-09 08:42 PM   #53 
   Rest in peace... another talented person lost too young  Lavender Brown   Mar-18-09 08:44 PM   #54 
   A good person who I've never heard a bad word about  Wetzelbill   Mar-18-09 08:44 PM   #55 
   This is a horrible tragedy  radiclib   Mar-18-09 08:48 PM   #57 
   Oh that is SO sad....  housewolf   Mar-18-09 08:50 PM   #59 
   The BBC just broke the news..,, so it is true this time...  MillieJo   Mar-18-09 08:51 PM   #60 
   I had been hoping for a better outcome  Stargazer09   Mar-18-09 08:52 PM   #61 
   me too rip  skoalyman   Mar-18-09 08:53 PM   #63 
   .........  shadowknows69   Mar-18-09 08:55 PM   #65 
   I find this incredibly sad  Qanisqineq   Mar-18-09 09:03 PM   #66 
   Very tragic.  superconnected   Mar-18-09 09:03 PM   #67 
   Our condolences to her family, loved ones & friends  DKRC   Mar-18-09 09:03 PM   #68 
   I'm sorry, that's way too young.........  Darth_Kitten   Mar-18-09 09:09 PM   #72 
   Such a loss for her family.  bluedeminredstate   Mar-18-09 09:11 PM   #74 
   Talk and die syndrome  depakid   Mar-18-09 09:12 PM   #75 
   It kinda sounds like what happened to Brittanie Cecil.  Swede   Mar-18-09 09:24 PM   #81 
      I knew someone who fell off a bike (not wearing a helmet)  depakid   Mar-18-09 10:20 PM   #95 
   go in peace Natasha  marasinghe   Mar-18-09 09:20 PM   #78 
   How awful!  AnnieBW   Mar-18-09 09:21 PM   #79 
   I am thinking of her mother. nt  Mari333   Mar-18-09 09:24 PM   #80 
   RIP, Natasha  liam_laddie   Mar-18-09 09:34 PM   #84 
   very sad,  bdamomma   Mar-18-09 09:36 PM   #85 
   I am heartbroken and crying...  Barrymores Ghost   Mar-18-09 09:42 PM   #86 
   Paramedics turned away in Richardson accident: official  CHIMO   Mar-18-09 09:48 PM   #88 
   Told by whom I wonder?  bottomtheweaver   Mar-19-09 12:59 AM   #119 
      'Many were perplexed how such a critical injury could have occurred  bottomtheweaver   Mar-19-09 01:10 AM   #120 
   The face of her mother says it all....  Mari333   Mar-18-09 09:52 PM   #89 
   Darn, held in tears until this post. So very sad and tragic.  Mrs. Overall   Mar-18-09 10:34 PM   #98 
   shes 72 yrs old.  Mari333   Mar-19-09 06:30 AM   #126 
   Nobody needs to see that.  MilesColtrane   Mar-18-09 11:14 PM   #108 
   Rest in peace, Ma'am.  Maat   Mar-18-09 09:54 PM   #90 
   How Terribly Sad  NikolaC   Mar-18-09 10:03 PM   #91 
   Peace to her loved ones  KT2000   Mar-18-09 10:14 PM   #92 
   I wish it didn't have to end this way. It seems miracles are in short supply anymore. n/t  wisteria   Mar-18-09 10:18 PM   #94 
   RIP. n/t  Odin2005   Mar-18-09 10:36 PM   #99 
   that is so sad, and tragic  BuddhaGirl   Mar-18-09 10:40 PM   #100 
   my condolences to you and your family  merh   Mar-19-09 12:29 AM   #115 
      thank you very much!  BuddhaGirl   Mar-19-09 11:01 AM   #132 
   That is just so very, very sad. I cannot imagine how devastated her family must be.  BrklynLiberal   Mar-18-09 10:42 PM   #101 
   This feels like a combination of the death of Eric Clapton's 3-year-old son in the  nickyt   Mar-18-09 10:43 PM   #103 
   RIP Natasha  ellie   Mar-18-09 10:44 PM   #104 
   So truly sad. nt  Javaman   Mar-18-09 10:48 PM   #105 
   This is really sad, my thoughts go out to her family  specimenfred1984   Mar-18-09 10:49 PM   #106 
   Natasha was in one of my favorite movies Blow Dry with Alan Rickman  Jennicut   Mar-18-09 11:03 PM   #107 
   I had a friend die like this  MrsBrady   Mar-18-09 11:55 PM   #109 
   I'm so sorry, this must bring it all back to you  DesertRat   Mar-19-09 12:30 AM   #116 
      thanks for the hug  MrsBrady   Mar-19-09 08:29 AM   #128 
   She was wonderful.  Olney Blue   Mar-18-09 11:58 PM   #110 
   How very sad and unfortunate.  Hugin   Mar-19-09 12:18 AM   #112 
   That was a shock  Canuckistanian   Mar-19-09 12:41 AM   #117 
   Her mother is very politically active and outspoken in the cause of peace.  bottomtheweaver   Mar-19-09 12:57 AM   #118 
   Awful news. Just awful.  Robeson   Mar-19-09 01:18 AM   #121 
   Peace to her and her family and friends.  Norrin Radd   Mar-19-09 01:34 AM   #122 
   I keep wishing they could turn back time and have her go straight to the hospital  qanda   Mar-19-09 01:47 AM   #123 
   This just breaks my heart.  nonconformist   Mar-19-09 02:37 AM   #124 
   I don't know Natasha  Genoveseboy   Mar-19-09 02:38 AM   #125 
   It's especially tragic  moez   Mar-19-09 07:31 AM   #127 
   A great artist.  bitchkitty   Mar-19-09 10:08 AM   #130 
   Rest in peace, Dear Lady  Mad_Dem_X   Mar-19-09 10:36 AM   #131 
   rip  tyrant888   Mar-19-09 11:14 AM   #133 
   RIP, Ms Richardson.  Vidar   Mar-19-09 02:11 PM   #134 
   If anyone wants to sign her guestbook  merh   Mar-19-09 02:28 PM   #135 
 
flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:11 PM
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1. OMG, I can't believe she died.
My condolences to her husband, family and loved ones.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:13 PM
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7. This is very upsetting to me for some reason
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:15 PM
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9. Me too, and I don't think I really even saw many of her movies
I think it's because she and Liam Neeson were the one real honest to God in love with each other Hollywood couple out there. It's so horribly sad to imagine the pain he and their sons must be going through.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:33 PM
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97. make a point of seeing A Handmaid's Tale
I actually thought seeing it was de rigueur for DU - much like V for Vendetta is.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:15 PM
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10. I understand. She was a really great person by all accounts. Active
in several causes, one of them being AIDS. She was young, beautiful, talented, had a great husband and fine children.

:hug:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:29 PM
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39. I was thinking about Liam Neeson's role in "Love Actually"
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colorado thinker (669 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:33 PM
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41. Me, too. That was the first thing I thought of.
It broke my heart, thinking that he is now living the role he played in that movie.
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:13 PM
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76. Life often imitates Art. I too was thinking of that movie.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:39 PM
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49. Aw, man. Now I'm tearing up. So very, very sad.
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DrZeeLit Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:43 PM
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87. Yes. I heard his voice in my mind and I struggled to remember where and then, whoa, I was blown away
because I love that movie and have watched it so many times.

He's so vulnerable and compassionate in that role -- comes across as such a "dad".

This is so heartbreaking. They are young and their family is young.
Plus, Vanessa Redgrave has always been one of my heroes -- never afraid to speak put against injustice.
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MissDeeds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:22 PM
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96. Me too
I mentioned that to my husband earlier today. The irony.

I feel terrible about her death. To be so alive one moment, to be able to laugh about a spill on the beginner's ski slope, and then, in no time at all, to be brain dead. It is incredibly chilling, and very, very sad.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:43 PM
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102. That is exactly what came to my mind too....
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FedUpWithIt All Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Mar-19-09 10:04 AM
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129. I have been haunted by him in that role too.
This was such a shocking death.

RIP to Natasha and much sympathy to her family.
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:33 PM
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42. And a fabulous mother. The best.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:17 PM
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15. She wasn't "controversial", she wasn't an attention hog...just a great woman and a great actress.
I think that's part of it.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:25 PM
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34. Yes -- very "normal" in her real life
I keep wondering if her boys coaxed her into going skiing.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:25 PM
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33. It's hard to see it happen like that, especially since we've all known her closest family
for so long. Makes it all more personal than just a name and cause of death. Plus, the shockingly incidental cause is hard to get a grasp on. How can life be so fragile, and how can things so unfair really happen? Reminds us all of what can happen to our own loved ones.

Watching it develop gave our emotions time to get involved, and even time to hope the reports were wrong.

Sad day.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:28 PM
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37. Haruka and I were just saying that -- it could happen to any of us
Both of us have REALLY whacked our heads on the crawl space joists, or got punched in the head in Karate (her), or taken a bad fall while trailrunning (me). And we just shrugged it off, just like she did. She was also only a year older than me.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:48 PM
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58. Makes me think of my late night jogs differently. nt.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Mar-18-09 08:29 PM
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38. As if we need to believe that beauty wealth and fame is a magic amulet
protecting the wearer from all harm. It's always so shocking and dismaying when we find it isn't true.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:45 PM
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56. I don't think it's that, so much, as that we are more attracted to talent and beauty
and so we feel it more when something so horrible happens to people who charm us so. Obviously we would all be far more devastated if it happened to a close loved one, and it obviously happens to people we have no connection to all the time without us even being aware of it, but to see someone we've smiled at, maybe shed a tear watching, maybe bonded with in a film or two, suffering so much, makes it more real, almost like it is personal.

There was a study done recently that showed that your brain reacts the same to people you see repeatedly on favorite television shows as people you actually know, as though your brain and your emotions use the same chemical responses for friendship as for the cathartic relationship with a figure you observe only through a medium like film or TV. The emotions are just as real, in other words, even if logically you tell yourself they shouldn't be. People feel real emotions towards celebrities they have reacted to.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:19 PM
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77. Actors and Other Artists Are a Part of Our Culture
The art they make, when it is art, is among our touchstones as humans. Richardson was someone who I saw in the 1980s "arthouse" films in my town (The Spectrum, Albany). My friends and I would go there and discuss the movies after, while we munched on homemade desserts. Gothic was one of the freakiest and we ate it right up.
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Paula Sims (274 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:27 PM
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83. My 88 year old father just took a tumble down concrete stairs. . .
Received a head gash, broke his nose and is just fine. This just happened Sunday and the family was amazed. Yes, he went to the hospital, got stitched up, and he was monitored for some time but he's fine now. Well, "fine" is a relative term -- he has inoperable prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones (legs).

I guess why she & Liam seemed so "real" is that they still had "googlie-eyes" for each other and it was genuine. My sympathies to them all.

:cry:
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:36 PM
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45. Me too ... much more than I'd have thought possible. I've admired
her family for so long.
She and her mother were preparing to do "A Little Night Music" on Broadway. That would have been phenomenal.
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MillieJo (147 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:53 PM
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62. Maybe because it seems so random...one seemly small
Edited on Wed Mar-18-09 09:02 PM by MillieJo
accident and then she is gone... The speculation throughout the day haven't helped either...

All the time the gossip rags are promoting the off-spring of the famous as stars (Lily Allan, Rumar Willis, Nicole Ritchie, Paris Hilton, Peaches and Pixie Geldof, Jamie Winston, Kelly Osbourne etc), while they mis-behave, fall down drunk in the streets and do nothing much, but demand attention.
Natasha Richardson the daughter of a famous arting dynasty, achieved everything through her own work and did not demand any limelight and she wasn't spoilt either... Judging by the reaction to the news, it seems that Natasha was loved by many, many people.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:54 PM
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64. It's probably because her initial injury looked like nothing
and she went from fine to comatose in such a very short time.

Do look for more of her work. She was a fantastic actress who could convey a page of dialogue with a tilt of the head or a wave of the hand.

Thanks to her work, she'll always be young and beautiful.

My condolences to her family.
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TuxedoKat Donating Member (768 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:16 PM
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93. Me too.
My dad died in a similar manner, from a blood clot in the brain. His was caused by a medication they gave him in a hospital though -- and he was even in the hospital at the time and they couldn't save him. I also have a daughter the age of her younger son.

RIP, Ms. Richardson. God bless you and your family.
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SCRUBDASHRUB Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:34 PM
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44. Me, too. Very sad. Condolences to the family. May she rest in peace.
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:11 PM
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2. Ah, I'm sorry.
I was a big fan of hers.
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:12 PM
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3. This is just so sad.
:cry:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:13 PM
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4. Announced it on BBC America News as well
So sad. My condolences to her family.

Poor Liam and sons! :cry:
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Mar-18-09 08:13 PM
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5. Rest in Peace, Ms. Richardson
you're talent will be missed. :(
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:13 PM
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6. So, so sad ... God bless Liam Neeson and their sons ...
Rest in peace, Natasha.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:14 PM
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8. We knew that was coming. She was in a great hospital in Canada.
And you don't fly a patient with brain swelling if they're already in a place that can handle the injury, unless there is no chance of recovery.
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:39 PM
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48. You're right. I hadn't thought of that...
I wanted so badly for her to be OK. Perhaps there was no chance from the start. Oh how sad for them all.
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MillieJo (147 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:05 PM
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69. Yeap... her she was flown to New York so she could die
surrounded by her family, who were in New York or London.
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maddezmom DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Mar-18-09 08:15 PM
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11. so sad
:cry: thoughts and prayers to the family.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:16 PM
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12. Sad (nt)
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:16 PM
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13. Bless her heart. Sending comforting thoughts to family and friends.
She was a lovely young lady, and a very capable actress.

She's in a better place now. Rest in peace, Natasha.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:17 PM
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14. Heartbreaking. Condolences to her family, friends, and many well-earned fans.
There will be a ton of grief tonight for a lot of people.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:17 PM
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16. I am very sad - condolences to her family and friends. nt
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:17 PM
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17. My heart goes out to her family.
Edited on Wed Mar-18-09 08:26 PM by DesertRat
I liked her work in a movie with her mother a couple of years ago called Evening. There were both such great actresses. She and her mother were reportedly planning to work together again on Broadway in a revival of A Little Night Music.

May she rest in peace. :cry:
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colorado thinker (669 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:09 PM
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71. I watched "Evening" just last night
on cable. A really good film, didn't get good reviews but perhaps that was because it was truly a woman's movie?

Watch it, it is lovely.
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 12:26 AM
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114.  I thought it was a very good movie
Edited on Thu Mar-19-09 12:27 AM by DesertRat
I saw it in the theater when it came out a couple of years ago. It was very moving, with great performances. I remember that the reviews were mediocre. :shrug:
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susanna Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Mar-19-09 12:21 AM
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113. Evening really touched me.
I watched my grandmother die as a young woman, and she told me stories of her young life when I'd sit with her at night; she'd be upset and want to talk, and I was always there (she lived in our home). So it was a bittersweet movie in that it touched on that theme; what was, what wasn't, what could have been.

Rest in peace to Natasha, and all my sympathy to her grieving family. May time heal their pain.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:18 PM
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How sadly ironic that a few years ago Liam Neeson played a widowed
father raising a son in Love Actually.

Sad, sad, day. I can't imagine how those boys feel to lose their mom this young. I lost my dad when I was 23 and I wasn't even able to cope very well at that age.

I liked her role in The Handmaid's Tale, though it was an iffy adaptation of a truly great book.
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FarLeftRage Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Mar-18-09 08:18 PM
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18. Like totally bumming here...
RIP Natasha and peace to her family. :cry:
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:18 PM
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19. Absolutely tragic.
I can't believe it.
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proud patriot Lead Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Mar-18-09 08:19 PM
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20. Strength to her family and friends
This really saddens me .

I remember her grace .

She will be missed .
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:19 PM
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21. if she was severely brain damaged
it is a blessing to her and her family .

How can I make such a statement?

My son lived 10 years with severe brain damage in a nursing home.

my condolences to her family , but it is better this way.

Think Terry Schiavo
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:20 PM
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23. Yes, I feel the same way. IF she wasn't going to recover
better that she go quickly than linger for years. Not even just for her sake (she obviously wouldn't be conscious), but for the family's sake.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Mar-18-09 08:23 PM
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29. I totally agree, and if this ever happens to me, I hope I go
just like she did. RIP, Natasha - you've always been a good and lovely woman.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:38 PM
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47. Agreed -- she and her family were spared what happen to Karen Ann Quinlan and her family
Very, very tragic.
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MillieJo (147 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:07 PM
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70. If think she was brain-dead... actually...not brain damaged
n/t...
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:20 PM
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22. Thinking of two films I love.
"The Parent Trap" remake. Which was one of the best remakes in history. I loved the original as a child (still).

"Love Actually" where Liam Neeson's wife was dead.

choking up...
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MillieJo (147 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:11 PM
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73. I loved that re-make too...
It is the beautiful scenes between Natasha and Lindsay Lohan that make it so compelling, it was really good work from both of them.

I also loved her in Nell, The Comfort Of Strangers and Widow's Peak... she wasn't afraid to play small parts, she wasn't starry, wanting the lead role.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:21 PM
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24. Unbelievable!
How sad - a tragic end as the result of a simple accident.

God bless her and her family.

RIP
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bear425 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:21 PM
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25. Very sad news, indeed.
RIP Natasha and my condolences to the family

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26. On a beginners trail talking lessons with a ski instructor and a seemingly minor spill
Life is fragile - no matter your political inclinations.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:25 PM
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Indeed it is.
Life is fragile and a great gift. These are the times we are reminded.
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:25 PM
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32. This incident reminds me that when it's your time to go, you just go..
It doesn't matter how. I feel so bad for her family. She seemed to be a really lovely lady and I've long admired her mother. :cry:
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43. I'm not sure it was so minor.
Judging from the press releases, her instructor and others who saw it were very alarmed, and tried to get her to see a doctor several times before she did. Sounds like they thought it was a bad spill. Christ, that's going to drive her family crazy, wishing she had, wondering if she could have been saved. Her poor kids are really going to have problems. They were there, they are going to be blaming themselves and they won't even have the language to express their feelings.

My kids are out of town this week. I think I'm going to go call them now. Make sure they know how I feel about them. They'll just have to deal with the mushiness best they can.
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Mar-18-09 09:25 PM
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82. I wouldn't dwell on that if I were them.
Like I said in a post this morning, I know of someone who I heard of secondhand from friends years ago who died about a week after a head injury--and he HAD been checked out in the meantime, at the urging of his friends, and pronounced OK. He still died.

I hope very much that no one blames themselves or thinks they could have done anything different. It's aching and pointless to think that way.

I am sure your kids can deal with the "mushiness." We can never tell the people we love that we love them too many times.

RIP, Natasha, and condolences to all the loved ones.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 12:14 AM
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111. Natasha seems to have been as moving and memorable as her Mom .. .
Edited on Thu Mar-19-09 12:15 AM by defendandprotect
With all the corrupt people around I'd be willing to have moved off the

planet, I can only wonder what sense this is making in the universe.

None that I can see.

A shocking loss for her family, husband, children -- very sad!


PS: And just want to mention that thought came to mind because I was just

reading some lovely things Natasha said about her mother -- Vanessa Redgrave --

after seeing her film "Camelot." And, I have to agree that was a mystical,

magical production having a great deal to do with the mystical, magical Vanessa.






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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:41 PM
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51. I think she was being a mom and trying not to...
spoil the fun for her boys. That's what mothers do, after all.
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27. Bless her heart
I hate this. She was one of the good ones.
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28. My condolences to her family and friends
This has got to be tough. Safe passage, Natasha.

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chatnoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:23 PM
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30. Omg, I can't believe she died!
This is deeply shocking and heartbreaking to me for some reason. :cry:
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:24 PM
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31. CNN: Natasha Richardson dies after ski fall
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rebecca_herman (455 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:27 PM
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35. so tragic :(
I feel terrible for her husband & young sons and the rest of her family. :( She and her husband always seemed truly in love, one of the few genuine marriages in Hollywood. RIP, my thoughts are with the family.
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RFKHumphreyObama DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:27 PM
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36. This is heartbreaking
She was such a beautiful and talented actress

My deepest, sincerest and most heartfelt thoughts, prayers, sympathies and condolences are extended to Liam Neeson, their kids and Ms Richardson's other family and friends
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:31 PM
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40. Dreadful, the whole thing
I grieve for her and her family.
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jb5150 (196 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:38 PM
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46. Very, very sad
I hope this will inspire everyone, particularly young people, to have a written directive spelling out exactly what type of medical intervention they want if this terrible event should occur.
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Mar-18-09 08:41 PM
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50. R.I.P.
I finally got chance to see her movie "The Handmaiden's Tale" and now this happens. :-(

Rest in peace and my prayers go out to her family.
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Jefferson23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:42 PM
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52. This is too sad, RIP dear lady.
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53. very sad news
rest in peace
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54. Rest in peace... another talented person lost too young
:cry:
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55. A good person who I've never heard a bad word about
Natasha and Liam Neeson were always absolutely classy people. This is a sad day, tragic. And to die from a seemingly innocuous accident, it goes to show you that it can happen to anybody and we can never be too safe. My condolences to her family, friends, loved ones and fans.

RIP, Natasha, you will be missed.
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57. This is a horrible tragedy
My heart breaks for Liam and the boys. A lovely, elegant lady in the prime of life.
Unfair in the extreme.
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housewolf Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:50 PM
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59. Oh that is SO sad....
She was such a wonderful actress. What a shocking, tragic accident.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:


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MillieJo (147 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:51 PM
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60. The BBC just broke the news..,, so it is true this time...
It must be an unbelieveable shock to her family, it has shock many of us that have watched this tragedy unfold...
RIP Natasha, you will be missed..
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Stargazer09 Donating Member (523 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:52 PM
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61. I had been hoping for a better outcome
I guess I wanted a happy ending to all of this. I had hoped that all of the secrecy was just a way to preserve the family's privacy while she recovered, instead of a prelude to her death.

She seemed like a really nice person, and I'm sure she will be sorely missed by all who knew her.

:cry:
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skoalyman (570 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:53 PM
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63. me too rip
;(
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 08:55 PM
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65. .........Updated at 12:01 PM
;( :cry:
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Qanisqineq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:03 PM
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66. I find this incredibly sad
I didn't know her but yet I am tearing up. I was hoping she would recover even though I figured it wasn't good if they were sending her back to New York while so seriously injured.

:cry:
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superconnected Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:03 PM
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67. Very tragic.
I wasn't expecting this.

Condolences to the family. Rest in peace Natasha.
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DKRC Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:03 PM
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68. Our condolences to her family, loved ones & friends
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:09 PM
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72. I'm sorry, that's way too young.........
:(

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bluedeminredstate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:11 PM
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74. Such a loss for her family.
I've always admired Liam Neeson and her as a couple. He must be absolutely heartbroken. Her poor mother and children! It's hard to believe that she was walking around after the fall only to end up on life support hours later. My sympathies to those who loved her.
I hope the vultures in the press will leave her family alone and take their cameras and go home.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:12 PM
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75. Talk and die syndrome
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:24 PM
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81. It kinda sounds like what happened to Brittanie Cecil.
She was hit by a hockey puck,and seemed ok. She died 2 days later. Here is the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittanie_Cecil
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:20 PM
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95. I knew someone who fell off a bike (not wearing a helmet)
Went home, seemed fine and then after dinner his mental state declined, his wife took him to the ER and he was dead by the next morning.

Epidural hematoma.

Needless to say, I never ride without a helmet.
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marasinghe (143 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:20 PM
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78. go in peace Natasha
so hard for that poor guy, Liam; believe he is totally in love with his wife.
and for the Kids; and for that lovely, liberal lady, her mother Vanessa - who spoke for the Palestinians long before it was the fashion.
saw Natasha in "Cabaret" on Broadway - she did a marvelous job, even with the great Alan Cumming running away with the 'Emcee' role; they more than matched up to Liza & Joel Gray.
really nice & decent folks, all of them - and the worst that could have happened.
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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Mar-18-09 09:21 PM
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79. How awful!
I didn't know her work outside of "Nell", but I've been a big fan of Liam Neeson's for years. Goddess bless him and their sons.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:24 PM
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80. I am thinking of her mother. nt
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liam_laddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:34 PM
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84. RIP, Natasha
She co-starred in "Blow Dry," a 2001 film which didn't get the buzz it should have. An excellent cast with Rachel Griffiths, Bill Nighy, Alan Rickman, others. A delightful movie, a good way to remember her talent and beauty.
:grouphug:
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85. very sad,
:(
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Barrymores Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:42 PM
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86. I am heartbroken and crying...
Edited on Wed Mar-18-09 09:46 PM by Barrymores Ghost
I am a theatre and film grad who has tracked her career since I first saw her onstage in the West End, and this really hurts. She deserved far more and better roles than she'd received, yet she was a formidable presence in all, and those who know her work recognize her for the incredible talent she was.

My deepest sympathies go out to Liam, their children and family and all who adored her work.
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CHIMO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:48 PM
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88. Paramedics turned away in Richardson accident: official
A potentially life-saving ambulance was dispatched to the ski hill where actress Natasha Richardson suffered a critical fall on Monday, but the emergency workers were turned away and told they weren't needed, a paramedic says.

Yves Coderre, director of operations at the company which sent the medics to Mont Tremblant, says ski patrollers requested an ambulance after Ms. Richardson had fallen and suffered serious injuries.

The medical workers rushed to the hill but told they were unneeded, Mr. Coderre said in an interview, citing preliminary information he has received.

“They never saw the patient,” said Mr. Coderre, whose company, Ambulances Radisson, serves Mont Tremblant. “So they turned around.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.2009...

Sad. Very sad. Whether earlier intervention would have helped we may never know.
Head injuries must be treated very carefully.
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119. Told by whom I wonder?
If "they never saw the patient," it wasn't Richardson who sent them away.
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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 01:10 AM
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120. 'Many were perplexed how such a critical injury could have occurred
on the “green” (beginner)-level hill. But others say the conditions on Monday were far from ideal and could have confounded a novice.'

But from the same article:

'Ms. Richardson's tumble on the slopes was the talk of the ski hill at Mont Tremblant Tuesday, which was bathed in the same soft sunshine and spring-like snow conditions that Ms. Richardson had been enjoying before her accident.'

The conditions sound fairly ideal to me. If her mother wasn't Vanessa Redgrave, I'd be more inclined to believe this tragic accident was just another fluke.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:52 PM
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89. The face of her mother says it all....
Edited on Wed Mar-18-09 09:52 PM by Mari333
arriving to see her daughter.

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Mrs. Overall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:34 PM
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98. Darn, held in tears until this post. So very sad and tragic.
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Mari333 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 06:30 AM
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126. shes 72 yrs old.
I know how she feels. I am not that old, but it will probably be the end of her, its that devastating. I would have rather they didnt take pics of her, but they did. I was wondering about her thru all this. I have always enjoyed her acting since I was young. The pic does, however, speak a huge truth.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 11:14 PM
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108. Nobody needs to see that.
Edited on Wed Mar-18-09 11:36 PM by MilesColtrane
Really, how could a picture of a grieving relative increase our knowledge of such an event?

Everyone already knows that her family is devastated.

It's like the way the TV networks zoomed in on the anguished families in the reviewing stand after the Columbia explosion and replayed their reactions over and over.

The media can be sick, fucking vultures sometimes.
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Maat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 09:54 PM
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90. Rest in peace, Ma'am.
May your protective energy surround Liam, your family, and, particularly your boys, from the Great Beyond, for eternity.

Healing and comforting energy to the family (they are in our thoughts and prayers).

This is so sad.
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NikolaC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:03 PM
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91. How Terribly Sad
My heart goes out to her husband, sons and family :(. May she rest in peace.
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:14 PM
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92. Peace to her loved ones
it must be very difficult for them to make sense of such a sad thing.
very sad.
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:18 PM
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94. I wish it didn't have to end this way. It seems miracles are in short supply anymore. n/t
Edited on Wed Mar-18-09 10:19 PM by wisteria
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:36 PM
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99. RIP. n/t
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BuddhaGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:40 PM
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100. that is so sad, and tragic
my beloved BIL died suddenly on a ski slope in Colorado 4 weeks ago, of a heart attack...I am sad all over again :-(
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 12:29 AM
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115. my condolences to you and your family
:hug:
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BuddhaGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 11:01 AM
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132. thank you very much!
:hug:
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:42 PM
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101. That is just so very, very sad. I cannot imagine how devastated her family must be.
Vanessa Redgrave has to do that which no parent should ever have to do...bury a child. :cry:
Her husband and children ...... there are no words.
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nickyt (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:43 PM
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103. This feels like a combination of the death of Eric Clapton's 3-year-old son in the
early nineties, Princess Diana's death, and the terrible loss of Heath Ledger.

I remember thinking, upon hearing the bizarre and shocking news of the death of Eric's son, Conor, that d a m n - it's as if "God" (or - whoever) really, really wanted that child, and this was the best "God" could do, because falling out of that window was just - crazy. It was insane.

I was never all that "attached" to Diana, but - she was royalty, as is the Richardson family, and she left behind two young sons, as well as her mother...similarly, I have never been a huge "fan" of Natasha, but now tonight I am so deeply moved by this tragedy, and the enormity of my grief is very surprising to me, as was my reaction to Diana's death.

And Heath, for me, was a horrible, 100% unacceptable nightmare of losing both a stellar, breathtaking talent AND - from what I could tell - a really terrific human being, as was Natasha.

Hey, you know - I love you guys, my DU brothers and sisters - I know we are holding dear ones a little tighter tonight...

"And we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun"
Good Lord, and Lennon too...(*sigh*)
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:44 PM
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104. RIP Natasha
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:48 PM
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105. So truly sad. nt
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 10:49 PM
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106. This is really sad, my thoughts go out to her family
Usually, I don't care too much about hugely publicized celebrity events but this tragic accident is awful and, I'm sure, incomprehensible to her loved ones.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 11:03 PM
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107. Natasha was in one of my favorite movies Blow Dry with Alan Rickman
Ironically, she was dying of cancer in the movie and was keeping it a secret from her girlfriend but enlisted the help of her ex husband (Rickman). Great movie. I really became a fan of her after I saw it. RIP Natasha and her entire family is in my prayers tonight. I have not seen something so sad in a long, long time. She and Liam Neeson seemed like such a happy couple and I feel for their two kids.
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MrsBrady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 11:55 PM
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109. I had a friend die like this
so this is upsetting.

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116. I'm so sorry, this must bring it all back to you
:hug:
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128. thanks for the hug
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Mar-18-09 11:58 PM
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110. She was wonderful.
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112. How very sad and unfortunate.
x(
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117. That was a shock
After hearing she was basically fine after the accident....

She left us too soon.

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bottomtheweaver (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 12:57 AM
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118. Her mother is very politically active and outspoken in the cause of peace.
This is disturbing.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 01:18 AM
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121. Awful news. Just awful.
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122. Peace to her and her family and friends.
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 01:47 AM
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123. I keep wishing they could turn back time and have her go straight to the hospital
So tragic. I think Liam is great and feel so bad for him and the children. My condolences to all those who loved her.
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nonconformist Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 02:37 AM
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124. This just breaks my heart.
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Genoveseboy (17 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 02:38 AM
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125. I don't know Natasha
Sorry but Rest in peace anyway.
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moez (638 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 07:31 AM
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127. It's especially tragic
because she was so attractive.
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130. A great artist.
A great loss for all of us.

I want to rent "The Handmaid's Tale" tonight.
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131. Rest in peace, Dear Lady
My deepest condolences to Liam, their sons, and the rest of the family.
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tyrant888 (11 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Mar-19-09 11:14 AM
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133. rip
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134. RIP, Ms Richardson.
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135. If anyone wants to sign her guestbook
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