Natasha Richardson - A Few More Details
MC
Was feeling fine for an hour after tumble during private lesson
Montreal GazetteMarch 17, 2009 11:21
In this 2007 photo, Natasha Richardson (left) and Vanessa Redgrave
(right) star in the film EVENING. Richardson was hospitalized in
Montreal after a skiing accident near Mont Tremblant Monday.
Actress Natasha Richardson, reportedly in serious condition with a head
trauma in a Montreal hospital after a ski accident Monday at Mont
Tremblant, was walking around and feeling fine for an hour after her
accident, a Mont Tremblant spokesperson says.
łShe was laughing and joking and she walked to her room on her own,˛
Mont Tremblant spokesperson Catherine Lacasse said.
The British-born Richardson, 45, was not wearing a ski helmet when she
was taking a private ski lesson on the Nansen, a beginnersą run at Mont
Tremblant, she added.
Richardson, wife of actor Liam Neeson and daughter of actress Vanessa
Redgrave, was at the bottom of the run, in what is known as the flats,
during the mid-afternoon lesson when she fell and tumbled down the hill.
She did not hit anyone or anything before coming to a stop. The ski
instructor was by her side within seconds, Lacasse said.
There was no external sign of injury, no cut or bleeding, Lacasse said.
Two ski patrollers assisted Richardson but she was not put on a
stretcher, Lacasse said. Richardson then went to her room at the
resortąs Quintessence Hotel, where she had been staying since Sunday.
The patrollers stayed with her for an hour. She started having headaches
and she was transported to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien, not far
from the ski hill.
Richardson was later transferred to Sacré Coeur Hospital in Montrealąs
intensive care unit. A spokesperson for the hospital would, not however,
confirm or deny that she was still there on Tuesday.
Corin Redgrave, Richardsonąs uncle, told London's Evening standard
newspaper: "I have heard this morning from a family representative about
Natashaąs accident and am very saddened."
Britainąs BBC said a member of Richardson family, who asked not to be
named, said the whole family was "very distressed".
Richardson's husband, actor Liam Neeson, 56, came to Montreal from a
Toronto film set to be at his wife's side, according to a spokesperson
for Neeson.
łLiam Neeson left the Toronto set immediately to fly to Montreal upon
news of his wifeąs accident,˛ the rep said in a statement.
łWe do not have any details at this time but we hope for the best and
our thoughts and prayers are with Natasha and Liam and their family.˛
Neeson had been in Toronto filming the movie Chloe, being directed by
Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan.
Richardson and Neeson have been married since 1994. They have two sons,
Micheal Richard Antonio, 13, and Daniel Jack, 12.
Richardson has appeared in about 30 films including The Parent Trap,
Maid in Manhattan and Nell. She won a Tony Award for her role the
musical Cabaret on Broadway in 1998.
Neeson is known for his roles in Schindlerąs List and Star Wars Episode
I.
Richardson was set to appear on Broadway with her legendary mother, 72,
in a revival of Stephen Sondheimąs łA Little Night Music.˛
--
Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.
‹ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Deneph
> In article <copespaz-F0B43E.11373817032...@mara100-84.onlink.net>,
>
> MC <copes...@mapca.inter.net> wrote:
> > Two ski patrollers assisted Richardson but she was not put on a
> > stretcher, Lacasse said. Richardson then went to her room at the
>
> > The patrollers stayed with her for an hour. She started having headaches
> > and she was transported to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien, not far
> > from the ski hill.
>
> taken to a hospital for probably a CAT Scan, and then transported to a
> better hospital when they saw how serious the injury. If there wasn't
> much pressure and blood build up, she should be fine. Any sort of
> serious head injury is going to be treated as a critical case.
>
> She won't be fine, whatever she had, was massive head trauma, but it
> doesn't sound like that, consider the crash she appeared she had.
Perez is reporting that she's passed away. Very sad.
Wear your helmets!
Cassie
>
> Perez is reporting that she's passed away. Very sad.
>
> - Show quoted text -
Perez sited Time Out New York as his source and they just retracted
their statement. Hopefully she'll make a full recovery.
Deneph
That's good to hear.
MC
comadrejo <comadr...@mac.com> wrote:
> In article
> <2862f013-c207-4d4e...@w1g2000prk.googlegroups.com>,
> Deneph <den...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 17, 9:36 am, comadrejo <comadrejoa...@mac.com> wrote:
> > > In article <copespaz-F0B43E.11373817032...@mara100-84.onlink.net>,
> > >
> > > MC <copes...@mapca.inter.net> wrote:
> > > > Two ski patrollers assisted Richardson but she was not put on a
> > > > stretcher, Lacasse said. Richardson then went to her room at the
> > > > resortąs Quintessence Hotel, where she had been staying since Sunday.
> > >
> > > > The patrollers stayed with her for an hour. She started having headaches
> > > > and she was transported to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien, not far
> > > > from the ski hill.
> > >
> > > It sounds like she could/should be okay. She wasn't left alone, she was
> > > taken to a hospital for probably a CAT Scan, and then transported to a
> > > better hospital when they saw how serious the injury. If there wasn't
> > > much pressure and blood build up, she should be fine. Any sort of
> > > serious head injury is going to be treated as a critical case.
> > >
> > > She won't be fine, whatever she had, was massive head trauma, but it
> > > doesn't sound like that, consider the crash she appeared she had.
> >
> > Perez is reporting that she's passed away. Very sad.
> > Wear your helmets!
>
> I would wait from a major news organization to report her death.
> Mario has reported a couple times that Fidel Castro is dead, he isn't
> one to worry about journalistic standards. He may be right, but there
> needs to verification if he reports something like this.
>
> If her bleeding was an Acute Subdural Hematoma, then her chance of
> surviving isn't very high. From deciphering the article about the
> accident, she may had a venal bleed. The key to her survival is how
> long it took to stop the pressure building up. If she was unconscious
> when they took her to a hospital from Tremblant, then I can see a grave
> situation.
The New York Post is saying she's brain dead. The Montreal Gazette
quotes someone from the hospital as saying she's no longer in Canada -
doesn't say where, but I'm guessing New York.
MC
comadrejo <comadr...@mac.com> wrote:
> I would like to see a press release from the hospital in New York,
> what was the cause of her condition and something more detail. She
> could be in a drug induced coma at this moment to reduce swelling, if
> the doctors are still trying to reduce the Inter Cranial
> Pressure/internal Cranial bleeding.
>
> Basically I would like to see a better source or more detail sources
> than the NY Post. They may have gotten the scoop, and are right, but
> unless the injury started massive bleeding, I think she has chance, and
> the damage could be limited.
>
> However, if they moved her to New York, it is either she is stable,and
> she is going for more detailed surgery or and being closer to her
> family, or she is brain dead or has irreversible major brain damage.
The thing is, what *you* would like to see doesn't enter into the
picture.
SoCally
This is why Perez and other internet gossip losers suck so much. They
don't double-check sources or wait for REAL info.
MC
comadrejo <comadr...@mac.com> wrote:
> In article <copespaz-27F7FC...@mara100-84.onlink.net>,
> It is not what I would like to see, I think a first hand source,
> whether a family representative or the medical team that is treating her
> release information or have a press conference, can give a better
> picture of her condition, basically what kind of bleeding or swelling in
> her head.
>
> Much of what is floating on the "internets" is second hand or just
> rumors. Whether the information by Mario, NY Post is true or not, their
> needs to be some stronger validation. Natasha Richardson suffered a
> serious head injury, but given some of the circumstances of the accident
> and her first symptoms, she should recovered, IMHO. I could also be
> quite wrong, because I am going by a news report, not her medical file.
You said "I would like to see" TWICE!
And now you're saying "It is not what I would like to see... "
Yes it is. You said it twice.
The people involved do not owe you, me or anyone else any kind of
explanation.
Lidsville Nine
> In article <comadrejoagua-B2BB18.14103917032...@news.giganews.com>,
>
>
>
> comadrejo <comadrejoa...@mac.com> wrote:
> > In article <copespaz-27F7FC.16145617032...@mara100-84.onlink.net>,
> > MC <copes...@mapca.inter.net> wrote:
>
> > > In article <comadrejoagua-705381.12512617032...@news.giganews.com>,
either arguing semantic which you are incapable of comprehending, or
just spoiling for a fight. Why pick on this poor guy?