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NEWS ABOUT: Natasha Richardson

Natasha Richardson stories: 29 news summaries

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 Quaids' Wild Ride 
 a Tale of Drugs, Paranoia 

Texas arrest for stiffing hotel bill is just the tip of the iceberg

Sep 29, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The arrest of Randy and Evi Quaid in Texas for stiffing a California hotel is only the latest twist in a bizarre tale of unpaid bills and paranoid fantasies. A private investigator hired by the Quaids—she’s out $17,000—tells Diane Dimond the actor and his wife owe... More »

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Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Hollywood • assassination • Heath Ledger • bills • labor unions • murder plot • paranoia • Natasha Richardson • David Carradine • Randy Quaid • Evi Quaid • Diane Dimond • Phil Hartman • Bryn Hartman • Chris Penn

 Neeson 'Taking Each 
 Day as It Comes' 

Actor talks for the first time about wife's death

Aug 26, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liam Neeson and his boys are “taking each day as it comes,” he tells ABC. In his first interview since wife Natasha died in March, Neeson says his two sons, ages 13 and 12, are “getting along as best they can." The actor says he's "... More »

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Good Morning America • brain injuries • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson • hematoma

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 No Secret 
 Brad-Jen Meeting: Rep 

But not-so-secret Lilo-Sam meeting, and more

May 7, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hot on the heels of the rumor that Brad Pitt wants Jennifer Aniston back, reports surfaced yesterday that the two met last month—or did they? Jen’s reps quickly denied In Touch’s claim that they shared a secret drive around New York, the Daily Star reports. Elsewhere:
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entertainment • Brad Pitt • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Jennifer Aniston • Sarah Jessica Parker • Michael Jackson • Kiefer Sutherland • Liam Neeson • Samantha Ronson • Natasha Richardson • Brooke Shields

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 A Bundchen in the Oven? 

Plus, Susan Boyle forced to change phone number, more

May 5, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gisele Bundchen visited the OB/GYN yesterday—gasp!—with hubby Tom Brady, thus prompting the requisite pregnancy rumors from the New York Post. Elsewhere:
  • Poor Susan Boyle, inundated by late-night phone calls, was forced to change her number, the Sun reports.
  • Liam Neeson recently called late wife’s
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entertainment • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • celebrity • gossip • Gisele Bundchen • Tom Brady • celebrity pregnancy • Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson • Susan Boyle

Neeson's Return to Film 'Extraordinary': Director

Grieving actor showed generosity, professionalism

Apr 28, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Director Atom Egoyan praised the “extraordinary” Liam Neeson for returning to work on his film Chloe so soon after the March 18 death of wife Natasha Richardson, the AP reports. “He was very committed to the film and finishing his role,” Egoyan said. “It was just... More »

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film • celebrity • death • Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson • Atom Egoyan • Chloe

(Newser) - Doctors in Quebec, where Natasha Richardson took her fatal ski-slope tumble, have been arguing since the 1990s for emergency air transport that might have saved her life, CNN reports. Care was delayed not only by the slow manifestation of symptoms from the epidural hematoma she suffered, but also by the... More »

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Canada • helicopter • Quebec • skiing • Montreal • medical evacuation • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • head trauma • epidural hematoma

 Sad Neeson 
 Back at Work 

Husband resumes filming; sister already returned to work

Mar 30, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson’s family is returning to work in the wake of her sudden death, the New York Post reports. A rep confirmed husband Liam Neeson returned to the set of Chloe and “completed the movie,” and a source spotted him alone at a Toronto hotel bar. “... More »

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Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson • Joely Richardson

Radio Dispatches Recount Bid to Save Richardson

Medics race to save star's life

Mar 28, 09 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost a week after family and friends bid their final goodbyes to Natasha Richardson, the Globe and Mail  examines radio exchanges between paramedics and 911 operators during the star’s last conscious hours. As she was being taken from her hotel room to the nearest hospital, vital signs were good,... More »

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New York • Liam Neeson • ambulance • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson

Richardson Tragedy Helps Save 7-Year-Old's Life

Parents take 7-year-old in after seeing story on CNN

Mar 26, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson from an epidural hematoma has raised awareness of the dangers of seemingly minor head injuries, and helped save the life of a 7-year-old Ohio girl, CNN reports. Morgan McCracken was hit by a baseball while playing with her father, but seemed OK. “... More »

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surgery • trauma • head injuries • Natasha Richardson • head trauma • hematoma • epidural hematoma

 Richardson Lives on 
 Through Donated Organs 

Plus, Redgrave signs on for new film

Mar 25, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson’s death had the tiniest sliver of a silver lining: Her family donated her organs, the New York Post reports. “Doctors spent six hours harvesting all her organs. Some patient is going to wake up in the recovery room and start reciting Shakespeare,” said a source.... More »

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film • Robin Hood • organ donor • celebrity • death • Cate Blanchett • Ridley Scott • Russell Crowe • organ donation • Natasha Richardson • Vanessa Redgrave

SLIDESHOW

 Richardson's Family 
 Bids Final Farewell 

Will be placed near grandmother's grave in upstate NY

Mar 22, 09 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Close family and friends gathered this afternoon in a tiny white church in upstate New York to say goodbye to Natasha Richardson, the AP reports. The actress’ body was to be laid to rest near her grandmother’s grave after a private service at 2pm, reports the New York Daily ... More »

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New York • funeral • burial • vacation home • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson


 Redgrave Sang Lullaby 
 to Dying Daughter 

Legend sang Edelweiss for daughter

Mar 21, 09 5:06 PM CDT
(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. More »

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Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Vanessa Redgrave • head trauma

 Richardson Rejected Ski Helmet 

$10 helmet could have saved actress' life

Mar 21, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson turned down a $10 ski helmet that could have saved her life, workers at the Mont Tremblant ski resort tell the Sun. Employees say the actress was cheerful but a little nervous ahead of the ski lesson that led to her fatal fall. She told staff she wasn't... More »

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helmets • safety • brain injuries • skiing • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Mont Tremblant

(Newser) - Family and friends assembled in New York today for the wake of Natasha Richardson, the AP reports; husband Liam Neeson, their sons, and mother Vanessa Redgrave were among them. “It’s been a very, very sad few days and I think it will stay that way,” said family... More »

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New York City • Canada • hospital • accidental death • skiing • Montreal • Liam Neeson • wake • Natasha Richardson • head trauma

(Newser) - Natasha Richardson wasn’t admitted to the hospital until nearly 4 hours after she’d taken her fateful tumble, almost 3 hours later than the ski resort officials claimed Tuesday, the New York Times reports. Ambulance dispatch records show that the first paramedics to arrive at 1pm were waved off... More »

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ambulance • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson

Quebec Docs Push to Make Ski Helmets Mandatory

Minister may act after Richardson death

Mar 19, 09 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors in Quebec are pressing their case to the province's sports minister to make helmets mandatory for skiers, the Montreal Gazette reports. They met with the minister yesterday, the same day Natasha Richardson died after falling on a beginners' course there. She had no helmet. Minister Michelle Courchesne will next... More »

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helmets • safety • Quebec • skiing • actor • traumatic brain injury • Natasha Richardson

(Newser) - The crew of Liam Neeson’s latest film is “bereft” over the death of his wife but will continue shooting, Entertainment Tonight reports. Chloe will focus on scenes that don’t need Neeson, who is mourning wife Natasha Richardson. “There are some scenes with Liam Neeson which have... More »

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accidental death • production • actor • movies • Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson

(Newser) - Natasha Richardson’s cause of death was an “epidural hematoma due to blunt impact to the head,” the New York Post reports. The verdict comes from the city’s medical examiner, ruling the actress’ death an accident. A hematoma is a blood clot that grows between the brain... More »

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theater • Broadway • autopsy • medical examiner • accidental death • actor • Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson • hematoma

 Tragedy Shadows 
 Richardson's Family 

Richardson's death adds to misfortunes of acting dynasty

Mar 19, 09 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson's death has added a grim chapter to a history of misfortunes in the Redgrave family, the Telegraph reports. Various marital failures and controversies have often led to speculation about a Redgrave "curse"—something Richardson always dismissed. Richardson herself went through an acrimonious divorce; when she married... More »

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death • actor • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Vanessa Redgrave • Lynn Redgrave • Tony Richardson • Redgrave family

 LiLo Mourns 
 Parent Trap 
 Mom 

Lohan worked with Natasha Richardson 11 years ago

Mar 19, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parent Trap co-star Lindsay Lohan is remembering on-screen mom Natasha Richardson fondly, reports USA Today. "She was a wonderful woman and actress and treated me like I was her own," the starlet said of their work on the 1998 remake. "I didn't see much of her over... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • death • actor • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • remembrance • Natasha Richardson • Parent Trap

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