Natasha Richardson, ski injury

am i bovvered

News just broke, she has suffered serious head injury in a skiing accident, I like her, she is a good actress

My name is URL

Isn't that Liam Neeson's wife? Hopefully she'll be ok

Faith

Link please.

Please read the charter with regards to starting new threads.

Stargal

Irish Times have it here:

British actress Natasha Richardson is in a critical condition after a skiing accident in Canada, according to media reports today.

People.com reported that the Tony award-winning actress and wife of actor Liam Neeson suffered a head injury yesterday, and is in a Montreal hospital.

Richardson, 45, is the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave.

She and Neeson, who married in 1994 after they both appeared in the film Nell, have two sons.

Richardson won a Tony award for best actress in a musical in 1998 for her role in Cabaret.

Busi_Girl08

nervous_twitch wrote: »

Natasha Richardson has died. Tragic. RIP.

Give me one RELIABLE source to back that up.

nervous_twitch

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Give me one RELIABLE source to back that up

I have no reliable sources apart from my own, but I happen to know it is true.

Sorry mods, there seems to be no public reporting of this yet; feel free to delete my post until this has been confirmed.

spurious

The only 'source' currently reporting her dead is perez hilton, so not exactly reliable.
TMZ.com have her flown by private jet from Canada, possibly to NY.

Very frightening how quickly someone can deteriorate following an accident after which she was reportedly walking and talking OK.

Faith

Perez Hilton has updated his site to report that she is not dead, and reports that she was were incorrect.

JP Liz

The New York Post and Time Out New York are reporting that Richardson has been left brain dead from the accident, both citing sources close to the family. However, entertainment website TMZ.com says Richardson is suffering brain swelling and is not brain dead.

Jade Goody must be throwing a tantrum that her limelight is about to be stolen.

mike65

All in the best possible taste eh? Whats the fupp is this forum for again?

Aidric

JP Liz wrote: »

Jade Goody must be throwing a tantrum that her limelight is about to be stolen.

What a ridiculous comment. Natasha Richardson is a respected actress, hardly in the same league as a publicity whore like Goody.

Guy:Incognito

mike65 wrote: »

Whats the fupp is this forum for again?

To slag Jade Goody as far as I can tell.

acontadino

Stekelly wrote: »

To slag Jade Goody as far as I can tell.

and fully warranted she was supposed to be dead at the weekend ffs...

Faith

mike65 wrote: »

All in the best possible taste eh? Whats the fupp is this forum for again?

Stekelly wrote: »

To slag Jade Goody as far as I can tell.

It's a place for people to discuss celebrity and showbiz news. Read the charter. Do not post here again until you're contributing usefully to a thread.

europhile

Any chance of removing nervous twitch's post? It's appallingly insenstive and gossipy.

Faith

europhile wrote: »

Any chance of removing nervous twitch's post? It's appallingly insenstive and gossipy.

No, because as you can see from JP Liz's post:

JP Liz wrote: »

The New York Post and Time Out New York are reporting that Richardson has been left brain dead from the accident, both citing sources close to the family. However, entertainment website TMZ.com says Richardson is suffering brain swelling and is not brain dead.

If it was an isolated comment, it would perhaps be removed. However, Time Out New York were originally reporting that she had died, so let's assume that was nervous twitch's incorrect source. There's no good reason to delete it, given that the majority of posts on this forum are gossipy and often insensitive.

europhile

Hardly reputable sources. They are both scandal sheets.

europhile

There's no good reason to delete it, given that the majority of posts on this forum are gossipy and often insensitive.

Maybe a mod with some moral fibre should be found for this forum.

Faith

europhile wrote: »

Hardly reputable sources. They are both scandal sheets.

Reps for her will be releasing an official statement tomorrow. Until then, everyone is just speculating.

Now please stop taking the thread off topic, thanks.

europhile

Maybe you should instruct other posters to stop speculating. I'm sure Liam Neeson has family readers who are reading this. Maybe you should think of other people's feelings.

Faith

And I'm sure Jade Goody has friends reading the thread about her. Now, this is my last warning. If you post off-topic in this thread again, you'll get a two-week ban.

europhile

That's perfectly fine by me. There's an unpleasant lot of malicious gossipy people here. And you obviously have no judgement whatsoever.

Faith

Right folks, back on topic please.

Rented Mule

(CNN) -- Actress Natasha Richardson was hospitalized after she fell on a ski slope at a Quebec resort, a resort spokeswoman said in a statement Tuesday.

Here is one from CNN although there have been a variety of reports from Natasha being 'brain dead to dead' along the way.

Rented Mule

Sources close to Tony-award winning actress Natasha Richardson tell FOXNews.com that the 45-year-old actress is brain dead, and being transported back to New York City before she is to be taken off life support.

The 'sources' here are quite vague as it appears that TMZ/Perez Hilton/NY Post have run with a different view of the situation.

Hopefully this will all be sorted out later in the day.

Rented Mule

The Indendent gets in on the act.

NATASHA Richardson, wife of Irish actor Liam Neeson, was flown to New York from Canada yesterday amid conflicting reports about her condition after a skiing accident.

The 56-year-old Ballymena-born Neeson rushed from Toronto, where he was filming a movie, to be with his wife who fell while skiing at the resort of Mont Tremblant, about 120km north of Montreal.

Some reports suggested that the British actress had suffered a "traumatic head injury", with others suggesting she was brain dead, but it was unclear last night how critical her condition actually was.

Richardson (45) was having a private lesson on a beginners' run when she fell and tumbled down the hill.

A ski resort spokeswoman said the instructor rushed to her side within seconds and she appeared to be without signs of injury. Two ski patrollers helped her up and accompanied her back to her room.

Rented Mule

How can a person be fine one minute and brain dead the next?

Natasha Richardson was reported to be "fine at first" after she hit her head in a skiing accident, but the 45-year-old actress' health began to deteriorate within an hour.

Now sources close to the Tony award-winning actress say she is brain dead and being flown back to New York, where she will be taken off life support.

“I can only speculate, but it sounds like something we call the ‘talk and die’ syndrome,” said Dr. Steven Flanagan, director of Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University’s Langone Medical Center.

“What this implies is that someone hits their head and they are seemingly OK initially," he told FOXNews.com. "But then they get a rapid collection of blood — usually called epidural hemorrhage — and that means bleeding between the skull and the brain.”

Rented Mule

europhile wrote: »

Maybe a mod with some moral fibre should be found for this forum.

europhile wrote: »

Maybe you should instruct other posters to stop speculating. I'm sure Liam Neeson has family readers who are reading this. Maybe you should think of other people's feelings.

europhile wrote: »

That's perfectly fine by me. There's an unpleasant lot of malicious gossipy people here. And you obviously have no judgement whatsoever.

europhile wrote: »

Hardly reputable sources. They are both scandal sheets.

I think you may want to have a look above at many of the other sources that are now reporting on this story.

idontknowmyname

someone can be fine and walking about after a fall and then be brain dead a short time later. It happened to my friend almost 4 years ago, he took a fall off a small wall, was fine but half an hour later collapsed- he'd hit the back of his head and his brain had started bleeding- 2 days later they switched off his life support after doing tests for 2 days.

My heart goes out to her family, tragic accident to happen.

Rented Mule

Tony-award winning actress Natasha Richardson died Wednesday at the age of 45 in a New York City hospital.


She has indeed passed away.

My thoughts go out to her family, and especially her children.

gscully

Rented Mule wrote: »

Tony-award winning actress Natasha Richardson died Wednesday at the age of 45 in a New York City hospital.


She has indeed passed away.

My thoughts go out to her family, and especially her children.

Indeed. May she R.I.P.

Maybe it's time protective headgear became mandatory on the ski-slopes considering the speeds even a beginner can reach.

idontknowmyname

RIP

watna

gscully wrote: »

Indeed. May she R.I.P.

Maybe it's time protective headgear became mandatory on the ski-slopes considering the speeds even a beginner can reach.

To be honest, I find the people with helmets make things more dangerous. They become more reckless beause they feel protected and this puts other people in danger. I've had some hairy run ins on ski slopes and seen some nasty accidents. There's a lot of out of control people on ski slopes and I don't think that will change. I guess you just need to remember that any sports like that can be dangerous and their is risk involved. I guess this is just a reminder that something can always go wrong. It's very sad for her family, I especially feel for the kids.

Tommy the Cat

Terrible tragedy.

Faith

This is truly a tragedy, IMO.

I keep thinking about the funeral scene in Love Actually with Liam Neeson .

watna

Faith wrote: »

This is truly a tragedy, IMO.

I keep thinking about the funeral scene in Love Actually with Liam Neeson .

Me too. Thought I was being a bit weird!

MeMyself&I

I was thinking about that scene too, it was the first thing that popped into my haed when i heard the news.

This is such a terrible thing to happen, it has left me feeling very sad, one day your a respected actress, then a few days later your gone.

My heart goes out to her husband and kids.

JP Liz

RIP

She was a great classy underrated actress

sympathies to all her family and friends

Handsome Bob

Off TMZ:

Liam Neeson graciously waved to well-wishers as he went home tonight, after his wife Natasha Richardson died.


I'm glad to see the Paparazzi haven't changed their vulture type attitude.

Liam Neeson is a class act, a man proud of his roots. I'm so sorry for his, his family and Natasha's family loss.

gscully

watna wrote: »

To be honest, I find the people with helmets make things more dangerous. They become more reckless beause they feel protected and this puts other people in danger. I've had some hairy run ins on ski slopes and seen some nasty accidents. There's a lot of out of control people on ski slopes and I don't think that will change. I guess you just need to remember that any sports like that can be dangerous and their is risk involved. I guess this is just a reminder that something can always go wrong. It's very sad for her family, I especially feel for the kids.

As someone who has never skied, I'm not in a position to argue, except to say that with protective headgear on, she may not have died.

Looking at the pictures on the news last night, it didn't seem like there were many areas of danger on the slope. It wasn't too steep, was wide open and not too many obstacles for someone to hit. Strange...but moot!

watna

gscully wrote: »

As someone who has never skied, I'm not in a position to argue, except to say that with protective headgear on, she may not have died.

Looking at the pictures on the news last night, it didn't seem like there were many areas of danger on the slope. It wasn't too steep, was wide open and not too many obstacles for someone to hit. Strange...but moot!

They never look steep from the bottom - I've taken pics of me at the bottom of slopes I struggled to get down and been so chuffed with myself and in the photos they look like gentle hills!

It is very strange to have such a serious injury on a beginner slope though. Probably just terribly terribly bad luck.

Munster_Gal

RIP Natasha

My thoughts are with the Neeson family. Such a freak accident!

Lobelia Overhill

R.I.P.

Very sad news

Rocky Balboa 2

you could see his face at her funeral how distraught he was..RIP natasha

ejmaztec

What must make everybody feel worse is that, had she followed advice at the time, she could have survived. After a bang on the head and no immediate side-effects it's easy to think that everything's ok and that people are making a fuss about nothing.

Livvie

The look of utter devastation on poor Liam Neeson's face depicted bereavement so perfectly. And what an absolute star he is, the way he still acknowledged fans.

Natasha was an A grade actress who had D grade publicity, and I'm sure that's just how she wanted it - no frills, just a genuinely decent and down to earth woman.

JP Liz

People.com is reporting that Natasha Richardson's family has donated the actress's organs to save other patients' lives. Citing a "family friend" it did not name, the celebrity Web site said Richardson's family had requested her organs be donated after she was taken off life support last week. The report did not say whether any patient had received them. Alan Nierob, publicist for Richardson's husband Liam Neeson, said he had no information on the matter. Richardson died March 18 of a head injury that caused bleeding on the brain after a fall during a beginners' ski lesson in Montreal two days before. She was buried at a private ceremony in upstate New York over the weekend.

good on them

ejmaztec

Livvie wrote: »

The look of utter devastation on poor Liam Neeson's face depicted bereavement so perfectly. And what an absolute star he is, the way he still acknowledged fans.

Natasha was an A grade actress who had D grade publicity, and I'm sure that's just how she wanted it - no frills, just a genuinely decent and down to earth woman.

I don't think that he was auditioning for a part in a movie. :rolleyes:

Serena08

My heart goes out to Liam her kids and her family she was a great actress it's all very sad ... fair play to the family donating her organs such a hard decision to make i'm sure RIP Natasha

Livvie

ejmaztec wrote: »

I don't think that he was auditioning for a part in a movie. :rolleyes:

I never said he was and it wasn't what I meant to suggest.

I just meant that he looked so devastated that you could feel his pain and that of others in the same position.