Natasha Richardson pulls a Sonny Bono

[VoxAngelikus]

Reports: Natasha Richardson in critical condition!!!

LINKERS!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_en_mo/people_natasha_richardson



MONTREAL – British actress Natasha Richardson is in critical condition in a Montreal hospital after being severely injured in a skiing accident in Quebec, according to published reports.

(http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_en_mo/storytext/people_natasha_richardson/31329918/SIG=10j62rm6l/*http://People.com)
People.com (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_en_mo/storytext/people_natasha_richardson/31329918/SIG=10j62rm6l/*http://People.com) and IrishCentral.com (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap/ap_en_mo/storytext/people_natasha_richardson/31329918/SIG=10p18qeoi/*http://IrishCentral.com) reported that the Tony award-winning actress and wife of Liam Neeson suffered a head injury Monday and is in a Montreal hospital.


People.com said Richardson was initially taken to a hospital near the luxury Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec, and was later transferred to the Montreal hospital.


A family member confirmed Richardson had had a skiing accident.


"We know that she has had an accident but we really do not know any more details," said Kika Markham, who is married to Richardson's uncle, Corin Redgrave. "We are very concerned."


Richardson, 45, is the elder daughter of Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave and the late director Tony Richardson, and belongs to a British acting dynasty.


Her maternal grandparents were the actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, and her uncle Corin and aunt Lynne Redgrave are also both actors. Sister Joely Richardson is also an actress, best known for starring in TV series "Nip/Tuck."


Richardson's films include "Gothic," "A Month in the Country," "Nell" — in which she appeared with future husband Liam Neeson — "The Parent Trap" and "Maid in Manhattan."


Trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, Richardson has had extensive stage experience in the West End and Broadway. She won a Tony Award in 1998 for playing Sally Bowles in "Cabaret."


In January, Richardson and her mother played the roles of mother and daughter in a one-night benefit concert version of "A Little Night Music," the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical, at the Nokia Theatre Times Square in New York.


She married Neeson in 1994, and the couple has two sons.


Happy St. Patrick's Day, Liam Neeson! Your wife's a vegetable.

[heelsguy]

Sorry Liam, your wife was TAKEN to the hospital...how ironic

[Will-Kill]

The Force was not with her...

Ok that was weak.

The Force was strong, when she hit that Tree.

Thats better.

[VoxAngelikus]

Liam Neeson can't be in "High Spirits" right now. I wonder, was she skiing on "K-19: The Widowmaker"? Because if so, then they will have to notify her "Next of Kin".

Hey, anybody have her in "The Dead Pool"?

[BIG PIZZLE]

I'm sure you are trying to make whitty references to her films but I have not seen any of those movies.

[VoxAngelikus]

Actually, it's even lamer than that. I had to use Liam Neeson's films because I don't know what the fuck she's been in.

[wacker]

If you are going to go might as well make it Mt Tremblant, its a real nice place.

[Titus_Pullo]

I seen the Handmaids Tale. Robert Duvall fucked her while his on-screen wife held her down. Four stars.

[Archangel]

Skier's List? The Phantom Obstacle? Trauma, Actually? Treatment Begins?

[VoxAngelikus]

Skier's List? The Phantom Obstacle? Trauma, Actually? Treatment Begins?

Thread Killer?

[vasili denisov]

Given that it's said that she collapsed suddenly while standing with her instructor at the bottom of the trail, this sounds like a brain aneurysm, not a skiing accident.

[VoxAngelikus]

It's over, Johnny?

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03172009/news/worldnews/natasha_richardson_is_brain_dead_160027.htm

[VoxAngelikus]

http://i43.tinypic.com/33z8ntk.jpg

[Insomniac]

Hey, now a "Love, Actually" reference is somewhat appropriate.

[dick_darlington]

maybe the accident was a 'parent trap'?!?!?!

[highone]

Crazy that such a minor fall led to that.

[heelsguy]

I'm sure you are trying to make whitty references to her films but I have not seen any of those movies.

if you have not seen The Dead Pool--a Dirty Harry installment--you should be embarassed

[wonderllama]

I'm reading reports that her condition has been upgraded from Dead to Alive....

[Draven X 23]

That would be an upgrade... unless it was some type of zombie thing.

[VoxAngelikus]

Dead.
http://www.tmz.com/2009/03/18/natasha-richardson-life-support-plug-pulled/

[Le Goat]

blah, fucking sucks. she was hot and sweet.


god is gay

[dick_darlington]

if there was a god, then he would have let paris hilton die instead of natasha richardson.

or told her to put on a helmet at the very least.

[Limp]

It's gods fault she sucks at living.... ok.

[Draven X 23]

I heard she was a nice person. Also seemed nice on Top Chef this season. But I really do not know many movies she was in.

So it looks to be one more coming of the 'famous but I don't know what they were in' actor is going to die. With the Ron Silver guy being the first. I bet its going to be a black guy.

[Trident]

She's died.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7949195.stm

Actress Richardson dies aged 45

British actress Natasha Richardson has died from injuries sustained in a skiing accident, her husband Liam Neeson's publicist has said.
Richardson, 45, who was a member of the Redgrave family, fell on a beginners' slope at the Mont Tremblant resort in Canada on Monday.
Neeson said that the family were devastated by the death of their "beloved Natasha".
She died in a New York hospital where she had been transferred.
Richardson initially showed no sign of injury after the incident but about an hour later she was taken to a nearby hospital after feeling unwell. It was later confirmed her injuries were critical.
Neeson, 56, her mother, Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave, 72, and two sons, Michael, 13, and Daniel, 12, had gathered at her beside after she was flown from Canada to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York on Tuesday.
Alan Nierob, Neeson's publicist, said: "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."
Richardson starred on film and TV but won most acclaim for her stage work.

[SniffTheLog]

This whole story is pretty dark...man.

[Shannon!MD!!!]

This is so sad.

[Archetype]

This whole story is pretty dark...man.
Fucking dick, I wanted to use that one.

[Draven X 23]

She wasn't in that movie. Go with she won't be Wakin up in Reno. Or she did Maid in Manhattan so her career has been dead for years.

Liam Neeson ain't dead.

[wonderllama]

Well, I've never been skiiing, but if I had I would have worn a helmet...and looked like a dick probably. Better to be a live dick than a dead...umm...anything.

[tockit]

Given that it's said that she collapsed suddenly while standing with her instructor at the bottom of the trail, this sounds like a brain aneurysm, not a skiing accident.
Yeah, this sounds like there was an undiagnosed underlying condition going on, triggered by the fall, versus head trauma.

Heck, the beginner's slope is almost flat. I can't imagine someone falling while on it, resulting in a fatal injury.

I'd say the odds of that are up there with winning the lottery and a lightening strike.

Professional football players, boxers, etc, take hits harder than that every day!

Something else had to have been the cause, or an unknown medical condition like Vasili mentioned "an aneurysm" may have happened.

Sad, whatever the cause.

Anyone heard if there's gonna be an autopsy performed?

[Face]

Well, I've never been skiiing, but if I had I would have worn a helmet...and looked like a dick probably. Better to be a live dick than a dead...umm...anything.
you're an idiot, helmets are for suckers and faggots

[wonderllama]

So i should take off the one I'm wearing now at my desk?

[Face]

no man, I think the damage is already done

[wonderllama]

What about the one I'm wearing UNDER the helmet?
C'monnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!

[comicfan]

This is quite sad. I feel really sorry for the family. I really wonder if she fell, hit her head and had an epidural hematoma, or if she had an underlying brain aneurysm or something to that effect. In any case, it really does not matter. Her passing was untimely.

[Trident]

Without Claydon to give us his Dorling Kindersley medical analysis all your theories are useless.

[Da Raider]

atleast she's with God now. If you believe in God. Or Hell. She could be there too. Or possibly she's just going to be worm food. I don't know for sure. But I sure like to pretend that I do.

[VoxAngelikus]

Without Claydon to give us his Dorling Kindersley medical analysis all your theories are useless.


I will miss Claydon telling us how he will sip the finest of his savory wines in tribute to one of the true stars of the Great White Way. Or some gay shit like that.

[Trident]

Claydon's black version would be Carlton Banks.

[Candycane]

Uhhh This is all so sad. I realize sad and tragic shit happens daily, but when it's on the news (in a repeated loop) you're just reminded how short life is. :(

[Trident]

I agree, we need to grasp every moment. We need to make sweet love.

[Limp]

Uhhh This is all so sad. I realize sad and tragic shit happens daily, but when it's on the news (in a repeated loop) you're just reminded how short life is. :(
We should live for today.... let's fuck.

[Trident]

You'll get my sloppy seconds.

[Limp]

Like hell I will.

[Face]

I'm still baffled as to just how a fall, on snow, on the fucking bunny hill, killed her... there had to have been a pre-existing condition that was agravated by the impact

[tockit]

I'm still baffled as to just how a fall, on snow, on the fucking bunny hill, killed her... there had to have been a pre-existing condition that was agravated by the impact
I was just reading an article about her injury, and according to the article, epidural hemotoma's are usually caused by blows to the side of the head, which cause internal head bleeding, which lead to blood clots that can put pressure on the brain, sometimes causing death.

With that being said, epidural hematoma's are only present in one to three percent of all head injuries, and only 15 and 20% of patients with epidural hematomas die from the injury.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidural_hematoma

Sounds like a very freakish accident.

[Hobnail_Boot]

Autopsy: Richardson died from bleeding in brain

By HILLEL ITALIE – 52 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Natasha Richardson died from bleeding in her skull caused by the fall she took on a ski slope, an autopsy found Thursday. The medical examiner ruled her death an accident, and doctors said she might have survived had she received immediate treatment.

Richardson suffered from an epidural hematoma, which causes bleeding between the skull and the brain's covering, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's office.

Such bleeding is often caused by a skull fracture, and it can quickly produce a blood clot that puts pressure on the brain. That pressure can force the brain downward, pressing on the brain stem that controls breathing and other vital functions.

Patients with such an injury often feel fine immediately after being hurt because symptoms from the bleeding may take time to emerge.

"This is a very treatable condition if you're aware of what the problem is and the patient is quickly transferred to a hospital," said Dr. Keith Siller of New York University Langone Medical Center. "But there is very little time to correct this."

To prevent coma or death, surgeons frequently cut off part of the skull to give the brain room to swell.

"Once you have more swelling, it causes more trauma which causes more swelling," said Dr. Edward Aulisi, neurosurgery chief at Washington Hospital Center in the nation's capital. "It's a vicious cycle because everything's inside a closed space."

Richardson, 45, died Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan after falling at the Mont Tremblant resort in Quebec on Monday. Details of her treatment have not been disclosed.

It remained unclear Thursday exactly how she was injured. Resort officials have said only that she fell on a beginner's trail and later reported not feeling well.

A CT scan can detect bleeding, bruising or the beginning of swelling in the brain. The challenge is for patients to know whether to seek one.

"If there's any question in your mind whatsoever, you get a head CT," Aulisi advised. "It's the best 20 seconds you ever spent in your life."

Descended from one of Britain's greatest acting dynasties, including her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, Richardson was known for her work in such plays as "Cabaret" (for which she won a Tony) and "Anna Christie" and in the films "Patty Hearst" and "The Handmaid's Tale."

Mourning continued Thursday with Broadway theaters planning to dim their lights in Richardson's honor at 8 p.m., the traditional starting time for evening performances.

Praise also came from both tabloid celebrities such as "The Parent Trap" co-star Lindsay Lohan and theater artists like Sam Mendes, who directed the 1998 revival of "Cabaret."

"It defies belief that this gifted, brave, tenacious, wonderful woman is gone," said Mendes, who also directed the Academy Award-winning "American Beauty."

Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of The Broadway League, the trade organization for Broadway theaters and producers, called Richardson "one of our finest young actresses."

"Her theatrical lineage is legendary, but her own singular talent shined memorably on any stage she appeared," she said.

Richardson gave several memorable stage performances, more than living up to some of the theater's most famous roles: Sally Bowles of "Cabaret," Blanche DuBois of "A Streetcar Named Desire" and the title character of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," a 1993 revival in which she co-starred with future husband Liam Neeson. (They have two sons: Micheal, 13, and Daniel, 12.)

The death of Richardson, who was not wearing a helmet, greatly heightened the debate over skiing safety. In Quebec, officials are considering making helmets mandatory on ski hills.

Jean-Pascal Bernier, a spokesman for Quebec Sport and Leisure Minister Michelle Courchesne, said Thursday that the minister met with emergency room doctors this week and will meet with ski hill operators soon.

Emergency room doctors in the province first called for mandatory use of helmets three weeks ago.

Questions also arose about why the first ambulance called to the ski resort was turned away.

Yves Coderre, director of operations at the emergency services company that sent paramedics to the Mont Tremblant resort, told The Globe and Mail newspaper Wednesday that the paramedics were told they were not needed.

"They never saw the patient," Coderre said. "So they turned around."

Coderre said another ambulance was called later to Richardson's luxury hotel. By that point, her condition had worsened, and she was rushed to a hospital.

Richardson said she felt fine after her spill but became ill later and complained of a headache. Doctors say sometimes patients with brain injuries have what's called a "lucid interval" in which they act fine for an hour or more as the brain slowly, silently swells or bleeds.

Symptoms such as a headache, confusion, vomiting or difficulty seeing, speaking or moving appear after pressure builds in the skull.

Emergency surgery is often need to drain the blood or remove the clot.

Associated Press writers Lauran Neergaard in Washington, Maria Cheng in London, Karen Matthews in New York and Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed to this report.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQQfdOmzjfGIW1ZLI1lfi3ueqfrwD971CHLG0

[wonderllama]

That'll do it!

[Soup Nazi]

Professional football players, boxers, etc, take hits harder than that every day!


Yeah! I don't know why a middle-aged woman can't take the same hit as a professional football player, boxer or mixed martial artist, and they do it on a daily basis!