Very sadly, the news is that actress Natasha Richardson passed away from head injuries suffered in a skiing accident at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Richardson, the wife of actor Liam Neeson, and daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave, had been skiing when she fell and struck her head. At the time she made light of the accident, but an hour later 911 was called because of complaints of headache. She was rushed to a Montreal hospital and airlifted to New York where she died the next day. Her death followed a fall on a beginner's run. After the fall, Ms. Richardson appeared to be okay, as she joked with her skiing instructor. But her condition soon deteriorated, and it's been confirmed that she had suffered a brain injury.
Ms. Richardson comes from a long line of celebrated actors of the stage and screen. Her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, has won two Emmy awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globes and an Oscar, her father Tony Richardson, an Oscar-winning director, her sister Joely Richardson, a Golden Globe nominee, and her grandfather Michael Redgrave an Oscar nominee. Natasha and Vanessa Redgrave were reportedly set to appear together in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music on Broadway in 2010.
Natasha Richardson is survived by her husband, Liam Neeson, and the couples' two sons, ages 12 and 13.
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