I would just like to send my condolences to Liam Neeson and sons, Michael and Daniel, and the rest of Natasha Richardson’s family and friends.
I’ve been debating writing about this since I first heard about it on Tuesday. Obviously, I didn’t want to write anything that wasn’t true. I first heard about it on E-Talk and they filtered out the false stories and only reported what they knew to be true. If I had written about it sooner I definitely would not have said she had died, which a lot of websites were apparently reporting, before it was true. But it has now been confirmed that she did pass away from her injuries.
Its kind of strange for me to feel so close to something like this. I have no connection to Natasha or her family but for some reason I’ve been actually quite upset about what happened. I’ve only ever seen one film she was in (The Parent Trap) and I never saw many interviews with her either. I think it may be just the fact that what I have seen of her, she seems like a really lovely person. Her and her husband, actor Liam Neeson, were married for almost 15 years, which is absolutely amazing for people in the entertainment industry, and they have two children, Michael and Daniel.
For those of you who don’t know, Natasha was skiing in Quebec. She was taking lessons and was on a bunny hill when she fell. She did not hit anything or anyone. She simply fell in the snow. Obviously she hit her head, but it apparently did not seem to be anything major. The craziest thing is the fact that after she fell there seemed to be nothing wrong with her. She refused medical treatment because she didn’t think anything was wrong. Until about an hour later. She started to not feel well and she was then rushed to hospital.
After that was when all the media reports came in. Some were saying she had died. Others were claiming she was brain dead. And some were claiming she was in critical condition. Clearly, the critical condition reports were true. Its hard to know if at the time of the brain death reports, whether or not they were accurate, but apparently she was brain dead later on. She was later taken off life support and past away.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family and may she live on in their hearts.
And may she rest in peace.