R.i.p 2009

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Newb, where'd you get this? I just checked all the news websites, and they all say she's still alive. And, the article's wrong, she met Liam Neeson when they filmed "Nell".

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/20...suffered_.html

[hammerfan]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/20...suffered_.html

Hmm...........

[missmacabre]

I heard about this this morning. I guess it happened in Montreal. She wasn't earing a helmet, was learning to ski on the bunny hill, wiped out, got up and joked about it, didn't want to see a doctor and went to her hotel and later complained of a headache and went to the doctor.

Just thought I would shorten the wall of text for anyone who wanted to know.

[newb]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

Newb, where'd you get this? I just checked all the news websites, and they all say she's still alive. And, the article's wrong, she met Liam Neeson when they filmed "Nell".

I am jumping the gun a bit on this....technically she is still alive....but then again...we've had some brain-dead people posting on this very site.

[hammerfan]

Originally Posted by newb

I am jumping the gun a bit on this....technically she is still alive....but then again...we've had some brain-dead people posting on this very site.

ROFL! Thanks, newb, I needed a laugh.

[scouse mac]

Its scary how something so innocuous can end up killing you.

A simple knock on the bonce and before you know it, bleeding in the brain.
How shit is that?

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And so it ended...


After sustaining brain damage in a freak ski accident Monday, actress Natasha Richardson died Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.

She was 45.



A member of the Redgrave acting dynasty -- and a Tony winner for "Cabaret" in 1999 -- Richardson was skiing at Mont-Tremblant near Montreal when she suffered a seemingly minor fall during a ski lesson.

The actress felt fine, but later complained of a headache and was hospitalized, then flown on Tuesday to the U.S. with swelling of the brain. Reports indicate she was taken off life support on Wednesday.

She was married to Liam Neeson, with whom she had two sons, and was the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave.

She was born in London in 1963 and made her film debut at age 4 in "The Charge of the Light Brigade," directed by her father, Tony Richardson.

In "Vanessa Redgrave: An Autobiography," the actress describes her daughter as Ophelia in a Young Vic production of "Hamlet." Richardson did not play the "mad scene" as insane, but rather grief-stricken at the horrors she'd seen adults commit. It quieted the rowdy audience of young students and her grandfather, Sir Michael Redgrave summed up, "She's a true actress" -- high praise from someone who was not easily impressed.

Her biggest triumphs continued to be on the stage, particularly in New York, though she had a successful career on TV and in films. One of her most prominent earlier roles was starring as "Patty Hearst" in the 1988 Paul Schrader biopic.

Other notable film roles included Ken Russell's "Gothic," "A Month in the Country," "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990), "Nell," "The Comfort of Strangers," "Widows' Peak," "The Parent Trap" (1998), "Maid in Manhattan," "The White Countess" (2005) and last year's "Evening."

She also worked occasionally in television, notably opposite Maggie Smith in a 1993 remake of Tennessee Williams' "Suddenly, Last Summer," directed by Richard Eyre.

"Not only was Natasha Richardson one of the greatest actresses of her generation," Roundabout A.D.'s Todd Haimes said in a statement, "but she was also a treasured member of the Roundabout family and a wonderful friend. Our hearts go out to Natasha’s family at this devastating time.”

Among her survivors are her husband; her mother; her sister, actress Joely Richardson; and two sons.


R.I.P.

[marianne]

what about Jade Goody she dieing but not dead yet.

marianne

[scouse mac]

Originally Posted by marianne

what about Jade Goody she dieing but not dead yet.

marianne

Are you taking the piss or what?

Jade fuckin' Goody isnt worthy to be mentioned here in this thread. Whats happening to her is sad but at the end of the day she is a talentless reality tv contestant who whored her life to any sleazy tabloid willing to pay her money.

As far as Natasha Richardson, its a real shame. She was talented and beautiful.

[_____V_____]

Whatever she may be, she deserves a spot here too.



Terminally ill British television reality star Jade Goody died in her sleep in the wee hours on Sunday, her publicist Max Clifford announced.

Goody, 27, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August last year, is survived by her two sons Freddy and Bobby and husband Jack Tweed.

The dental nurse died at home in Upshire, Essex, UK, after a very public battle with the disease. She shot into fame as a Big Brother contestant in 2002.

Born as Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody on June 5, 1981, her mother Jackiey Budden raised her as a single parent after her father left them when she was just two years old. Goody had openly spoken about her troubled childhood and her struggle to get an education saying that her poverty-ridden early days prompted her to secure a better future for her sons from a relationship with television presenter Jeff Brazier.

Goody, 27, died in her sleep in the early hours today with her mother Jackiey and husband Jack Tweed by her side at her home in Upshire, Essex at 0314 GMT, away from public glare and cameras that dominated her short life.

Goody's sons had planned to hand over a pair of hand-made cards and flowers this morning to their mother.

The star, who was being treated at the Royal Marsden Hospital in west London, was shifted to her home after expressing the desire to die surrounded by her family.

She was in a coma-like state for last 48 hours.

Her publicist and close friend Clifford said "She was a very, very brave girl and she faced her death in the way she faced her whole life - full on, with a lot of courage," he said.