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Redgrave Sang Lullaby to Dying Daughter

Legend sang Edelweiss for daughter

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(Newser) – Vanessa Redgrave serenaded Natasha Richardson with a lullaby from The Sound of the Music in her final moments, the Daily Mail reports. Redgrave caressed her daughter’s face as she sang the melody from "Edelweiss," which she had performed for Richardson’s first marriage 19 years ago.

Redgrave will go ahead with plans to star in a special performance of The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion, next month. The legendary actress will play a mother who loses her daughter, the New York Post reports.

Actress Vanessa Redgrave is hugged by actress Laura Linney, as Richardson's sister, actress Joely Richardson, right looks on, in New York, Thursday March 19, 2009.
Actress Vanessa Redgrave is hugged by actress Laura Linney, as Richardson's sister, actress Joely Richardson, right looks on, in New York, Thursday March 19, 2009.   (AP Photo/ABC-TV via APTN)
Vanessa Redgrave and her daughter Natasha Richardson arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York, Monday, May, 7, 2007.
Vanessa Redgrave and her daughter Natasha Richardson arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York, Monday, May, 7, 2007.   (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
In this April 16, 2001 file photo, actresses Natasha Richardson, left, and her mother Vanessa Redgrave appear at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York.
In this April 16, 2001 file photo, actresses Natasha Richardson, left, and her mother Vanessa Redgrave appear at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York.   (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)
Vanessa Redgrave exits the American Irish Historical Society where the body of her daughter Natasha Richardson lies in repose, Friday, March 20, 2009, in New York.
Vanessa Redgrave exits the American Irish Historical Society where the body of her daughter Natasha Richardson lies in repose, Friday, March 20, 2009, in New York.   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
In this May 7, 2007 file photo, Vanessa Redgrave and her daughter Natasha Richardson arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York.
In this May 7, 2007 file photo, Vanessa Redgrave and her daughter Natasha Richardson arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala in New York.   (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, file)
In this Sept. 21, 1967 file photo, British actress Vanessa Redgrave, left, dressed for her lead role in the film
In this Sept. 21, 1967 file photo, British actress Vanessa Redgrave, left, dressed for her lead role in the film "Isadora', talks with her daughter Natasha, during a break in filming, in England.   (AP Photo/File)
British actress Vanessa Redgrave speaks at a news conference during the Latin American Film Festival in Havana, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.
British actress Vanessa Redgrave speaks at a news conference during the Latin American Film Festival in Havana, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
Vanessa Redgrave will go ahead with a special performance of the play
Vanessa Redgrave will go ahead with a special performance of the play "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion, the New York Post says. Redgrave will be playing a mother who loses her daughter.   (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown,Brigitte Lacombe, File)
Vanessa Redgrave exits the American Irish Historical Society where the body of her daughter Natasha Richardson lies in repose, Friday, March 20, 2009, in New York.
Vanessa Redgrave exits the American Irish Historical Society where the body of her daughter Natasha Richardson lies in repose, Friday, March 20, 2009, in New York.   (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
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DarkFrancis
Mar 21, 09 5:14 PM CDT
That's very sad, and very sweet. Natasha, by all accounts, was a lovely woman...and she was a great actor, unsurprisingly. I feel for anyone who loses their child. Your hope is the natural order of things plays out and you go before them, but of course, it doesn't always go that way. Reply
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eliizabeth
Mar 21, 09 8:01 PM CDT
this is too much information. Can't we give these people some privacy? We have no right to invade their personal lives in this way. Reply
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inky
Mar 21, 09 11:11 PM CDT
I think we all do connect in these moments, and no one cares where the sympathy comes from. So why don't the ones who have nothing to say simply go away? Reply
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riffran
Mar 22, 09 5:26 AM CDT
I'm glad she didn't die alone....and passed surrounded by loving family...Thatst why I never tried to do "hospice" work...to sad, but god bless the ones that do Reply
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why did that wonderful lady die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reply
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