Natasha Richardson Dies After Ski Fall

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Natasha Richardson, a film star, Tony-winning stage actress and member of the famed Redgrave acting family, died Wednesday after suffering injuries in a ski accident, according to a family statement. She was 45.


Natasha Richardson fell on a beginners' slope in Canada.
Richardson, wife of actor Liam Neeson, was injured Monday in a fall on a ski slope at a Quebec resort about 80 miles northwest of Montreal.

Richardson's family released a statement saying, "Liam Neeson, his sons, and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha. They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."

According to a statement from Mont Tremblant Ski Resort, Richardson fell during a lesson on a beginners' trail. 

"She did not show any visible sign of injury, but the ski patrol followed strict procedures and brought her back to the bottom of the slope and insisted she should see a doctor," the statement said.

Richardson, accompanied by her instructor, returned to her hotel, but about an hour after the fall was "not feeling good," the statement said. An ambulance was called, and Richardson was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to Hopital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal. From there she was transferred to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

Richardson was practically born to perform. Her grandfather, Sir Michael Redgrave, was a famed British actor. Her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, is an Oscar-winning actress, and her father, the late director Tony Richardson, helmed such films as "Look Back in Anger," "The Entertainer" and the Oscar-winning "Tom Jones."

But being part of a family of actors wasn't always easy for Richardson. Her parents divorced when she was 4 and her mother, involved in controversial political causes, gave away a lot of money, putting the family in financial straits, according to the BBC.

Then there was the family heritage, of which Richardson once said, "Though my name opened doors it didn't get me work, and a lot of pressure comes from having a mother who is considered one of the greatest actresses of her generation," the BBC reported.  Watch Richardson talk about working with her mom »

Richardson's first film role was a bit part in her father's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1968), made when she was 4. After a handful of roles through her teens and early 20s, she broke through as Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's film "Gothic," and followed that up as Patty Hearst in Paul Schrader's 1988 film of the same name.

Richardson's other notable films included "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990); the TV movie "Zelda" (1993); "Nell" (1994), alongside Neeson, whom she married in 1994; the 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap"; and "Wild Child" (2008).

But some of Richardson's greatest successes were on the stage. At 22, she played opposite her mother and Jonathan Pryce in a London production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull"; the performance earned her the London Drama Critics' most promising newcomer award.

She won a Tony for her performance as Sally Bowles in the 1998 revival of "Cabaret" and earned raves for her Blanche DuBois in a 2005 production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." She was scheduled to perform in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" this year, following a January benefit performance of the show.

She and Neeson have two children, Michael and Daniel. Richardson was married to Robert Fox from 1990 to 1994.

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May her soul Rest In Peace 

awwwwwww, may her soul restin peace

so sad may her so rest in peace

Some people believe she should have been kept on life support longer

was thinking similar thoughts as well.
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may her soul r.i.p but i personally think an autopsy should be carried out as the accident isnt enough to kill her

ha ha!!

May her soul rest in the bosom of the Lord

if you dont have anything sensible to say,i suggest you shut your pie hole if you dont want me to start on you,trust me you dont want me to
next time,ask for clarification before jumping in blindfolded,if you have listened to the news in full,you would have realised that she only had a routine fall which was not enough to hurt her talk less of resulting in a fatality,hence the epsculation that it could have been another health issue that was triggered of!!
dude,i remember a lady saying you are a man of GOD in an old thread in the politics section,in view of that ill give you that benefit of doubt,but i promise you that if you push me, ill respectfully give you a little tiny piece of my mind and trust me it wont be as clean as this version,as for what i meant, read the reply above and a brief advice,please read,digest and assimilate news articles before making comments,most importantly it wont hurt to ask for clarification before going off on a tangent

see him huffing and puffing!

This one that even before you start with him his feelings have already been hurt!!!

Though that hasnt stopped him from raising ruckuses here and there!

i beg your pardon?
did you read the comments i responded to??

what are you on about now??
who says my feelings are hurt,is the woman a member of my family?
again,you like the others are going off on a tangent and i really dont understand the purpose of this,the news said it was a routine fall which happens all the time on the training ski trail and an ambulance was turned away bla bla,all i said was that an autopsy should be done before she is buried to asertain the cause of her death,as it is obvious that both the doctors and the general public including everyone here, are talking in the realm of speculation,the only competent person that can say what killed her for sure,is a neurosurgeon after autopsy
im sorry, but out of the whole unfortunate and infantille frippery you are waxing,the only word that makes any sense to me is the word "sensible"if you had done what any sensible individual would have done,you would have simply pointed it out,giving me a chance to either stick to my point,correct myself,or clarify myself,but no you had to come at me with perjorative comments to show how intelligent you are while in fact you are as hollow upstairs as a fully stick of blue cheese,however to make things less complicated ill come wayyyyy down to your level

1.what i said was simply that,that the sequence of events leading up to the fall,didnt seem enough to kill her, hence an autopsy should be done to be sure.
as others who saw the news have commented,unlike yourself she got up and was acting normal for a while,not only that the ambulance was turned away in the mistaken beliefe that she was ok,and like i said before i know people who have had similar falls on skiing holidays with no side effects,so what exactly is your point??
2.in a situation such as this,an autopsy is a proper way to go so as to eliminate any lingering doubts and to make sure it is not an hybernating genetic condition that his children or family needs to be examined for,but in your crass ignorance,you r waxing unfortunate thinking a put down is the best reply to my comment,im from planet earth thank you very much,you r the one that needs a ct scan to make sure all the wires upstairs are evenly connected.
ok then,just remember i give fair warning when i am being attacked for no reason before stepping to people,i wasnt getting all worked up sir,i made a simple comment and you went off on one about nigerians and their diabolic mindset when i meant the complete opposite, now who was getting worked up?

True, but isn't it the fall that led to the internal head injury? So blame the fall too.


We discussed this in class and my lecturer said the same thing.

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Gone too soon

RIP

like i said, the fall in itself did not kill her. It was not the ordinary fall, but the fact that she hit her head when she fell that caused the fatal injury. I don't mean to argue, but like lucabrasi said, pple fall all the time n dont die. But u're right, she fell,which led to the turn of events that has made Liam Neeson a widower. It touches us so much n that's why we're making a topic of it . . . .

this is your insultive comment and a put down as well,without even mentioning the very first comment you made,where i warned you that i dont take kindly to people verbally attackn me,your first two comments to me will suffice to answer your question as to where you have attacked or insulted me
exactly,all i was sayn is that it best to be absolutely sure that she died from that rather than assumptions without an indepht medical autopsy