actress Anne Heche dead but still on life support after fiery car accident

[Nicky91]

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/05/entertainment/anne-heche-car-crash/index.html

https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220805185254-anne-heche-file-031222-exlarge-169.jpg

A woman crashed her car into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday, setting both the vehicle, and the house on fire, officials say. A person with knowledge of the matter told CNN the driver was actress Anne Heche.

The driver was traveling at a high rate of speed when she ran off the road and collided with a residence, Los Angeles Police Public Information Officer Jeff Lee tells CNN. The impact left the car engulfed in flames and the driver suffered burn injuries. She was taken to a local hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics in critical condition. It took firefighters more than an hour to "access, confine and fully extinguish the stubborn flames within the heavily damaged structure," the LAFD said.
There were no other injuries reported.
CNN has contacted representatives of Heche for comment.
Heche first rose to fame on the soap opera "Another World," where she played the dual role of twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love from 1987 to 1991 and earned a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance. She followed that with roles in films like "Donnie Brasco," "Six Days Seven Nights," and "Wag the Dog."
Her romantic relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late '90s resulted in intense media attention at the time, much to Heche's professional frustration. In a 2021 interview with Page Six, Heche said she felt "blacklisted" after going public with their relationship.
"I didn't do a studio picture for 10 years," said Heche, who dated DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000.
Heche has appeared in numerous television series more recently, including "The Brave," "Quantico," and "Chicago P.D." She has several acting projects currently in post-production, according to her IMDB profile.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000162/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[Nicky91]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

loaded driving at 100mph

[Vanessa]

I hope she recovers. But why was she speeding? That never ends well.

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/06/01/61121517-11085985-image-m-107_1659745790886.jpg
An earlier shot also shows Heche moments before the second accident at the wheel with a bottle of vodka with a red cap plonked in the cup holder

[Nicky91]

:facepalm:


although get well soon Anne

[Alf]

loaded driving at 100mphAsking for trouble.

[Nicky91]

not my nan mistaking Anne Heche for Anne Archer

:joker:

[Cherie]

Oh dear

[bots]

i have no sympathy for someone that drinks and drives

[arista]

[Anne Heche's life support will be TURNED OFF
after the brain dead actress has her organs
checked for donation:
Family say 'she will be remembered for her
courageous honesty and dearly missed '
Actress Anne Heche, 53, has officially been
declared brain dead after her fiery car crash
in Los Angeles
Heche's family said she will stay on a ventilator
to determine whether any of her organs can be donated
After that, she will be taken off life support
by medics at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills hospital
It has 'long been her choice' to be an
organ donor, so she will remain technically
alive until check is complete
'She will be remembered for her
courageous honesty and dearly missed
for her light,' they added]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11104831/Anne-Heche-life-support-turned-actress-viable-organs-checked-donation.html

[arista]

:facepalm:


although get well soon Anne



Sadly not
Her Life Support will be turned off.

[Nicky91]

Sadly not
Her Life Support will be turned off.

why?

[AnnieK]

They believe she is brain dead and will not survive her life support being removed.

They are keeping her on life support at the moment to see if any of her organs are viable for donation.

[Gusto Brunt]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/06/01/61121517-11085985-image-m-107_1659745790886.jpg
An earlier shot also shows Heche moments before the second accident at the wheel with a bottle of vodka with a red cap plonked in the cup holder

I know people get older but she's changed a lot and she's only 53.

The booze isn't a good sign. :(

[Niamh.]

I know people get older but she's changed a lot and she's only 53.

The booze isn't a good sign. :(

I'm going to take a guess here and say she probably has a drinking problem, sounds like her life took a downward spiral

[hijaxers]

I'm going to take a guess here and say she probably has a drinking problem, sounds like her life took a downward spiral

Turns out she was on drugs ~ no mention of drink , bit odd.

[Niamh.]

Turns out she was on drugs ~ no mention of drink , bit odd.

There's a bottle of Vodka in her car though

[arista]

They believe she is brain dead and will not survive her life support being removed.

They are keeping her on life support at the moment to see if any of her organs are viable for donation.


Yes normal for America to do that for organ
matching
to keep other patients alive.

[bots]

if i'm honest, i would say i'm glad she didnt kill anyone else

[thesheriff443]

if i'm honest, i would say i'm glad she didnt kill anyone else

The knee jerk reaction is to show no pity but good decent people get caught out by drink/drugs and clearly not thinking about the consequences.

[Gusto Brunt]

I'm going to take a guess here and say she probably has a drinking problem, sounds like her life took a downward spiral

Sadly. :(

[Crimson Dynamo]

Plenty people who have drinking problems would not dream of driving

the speed she was going i get the feeling it was a suicide attempt

[Niamh.]

Plenty people who have drinking problems would not dream of driving

the speed she was going i get the feeling it was a suicide attempt

That was my initial thought too but I didn't like to speculate on something like that either

[The Slim Reaper]

Probably just trying to reverse park :smug:

[thesheriff443]

Plenty people who have drinking problems would not dream of driving

the speed she was going i get the feeling it was a suicide attempt

Do people think straight after drinking or taking drugs ?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Do people think straight after drinking or taking drugs ?


Thankfully the instinct to survive tends to win

[AnnieK]

She has died

[Crimson Dynamo]

90 mph in a built-up area loaded and you are going to die

[Cherie]

I was reading some of her back story earlier, her Dad who was a Minister was one of the first people to be diagnosed with HIV and died of it, her brother died in a car crash when he was 18, Anne claimed he committed suicide, she was abused as a child, she feels she was dropped by Hollywood after her relationship with Ellen Degeneres, it seems she had alot of issues and was slurring on a podcast she had worked on either that morning or earlier in the week

I think she did commit suicide tbh

RIP Anne Heche

[Crimson Dynamo]

I was reading some of her back story earlier, her Dad who was a Minister was one of the first people to be diagnosed with HIV and died of it, her brother died in a car crash when he was 18, Anne claimed he committed suicide, she was abused as a child, it seems she had alot of issues and was slurring on a podcast she had worked on either that morning or earlier in the week

RIP, I think she did commit suicide tbh

yes i read that, she sought to black it out with alcohol i think

god bless her

but she could have killed a child/family and that was selfish, alcoholics are im afraid

[bots]

it's a screwed up way to go if it was intentional

[Cherie]

Anne Heche is an American actress who made her entry into the entertainment world with her appearance in the soap opera ‘Another World.’ She had accused her father of sexually abusing her before he died of AIDS. Her relationship with her mother and the only surviving sister got estranged as they defended her father. She has appeared in several television serials and films, including ‘Fatal Desire,’ ‘The Brave,’ ‘Wild Side,’ ‘Walking and Talking’ and ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer.’ Her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres drew widespread controversy during her career. She later married Coley Laffoon, but got divorced later. Thereafter, she dated James Tupper and had another son with him. She has published a book titled ‘Call Me Crazy: A Memoire,’ which is an account of her turbulent life, including her abusive father and her lesbian relationship. She went through emotional and psychological issues following her break up with DeGeneres for which she had to be medically treated.

[Mystic Mock]

She has died

That's terrible news.

RIP

[arista]

[When they couldn’t make it work,
she started falling apart.’
Anne Heche’s split from Thomas Jane
was the beginning of the end for the actress,
whose biggest problems always came
after a bitter break-up]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/12/16/61330129-11106449-image-a-1_1660318413268.jpg
Better Days
[Thomas Jane and Anne Heche
made no attempt to hide their feelings
for each other when they appeared
at an Oscars after-party in 2020]


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/12/18/61120435-11106449-The_53_year_old_suffered_horrific_burns_during_the _collision_and-a-3_1660326509350.jpg
Anne the 53-year-old suffered horrific burns
during the collision and was recorded
being dragged out of the mangled wreck
by firefighters after it burst into flames
in LA around 11am.
She died a week later.]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11106449/Split-Thomas-Jane-beginning-end-Anne-Heche-problems-followed-break-ups.html

[Nicky91]

changed the OP title


she sadly died yes, but she is still on life support, but more to preserve her organs to see which ones are viable for donation, with her having given her permission years back to be an organ donor

https://www.foxnews.com/health/anne-heche-life-support-wanted-organ-donor

[GoldHeart]

What a tragic death, I recognise her now from I know what you did last summer movie .

Sounds like there was alot of issues in her life .

R.I.P

[AnnieK]

changed the OP title


she sadly died yes, but she is still on life support, but more to preserve her organs to see which ones are viable for donation, with her having given her permission years back to be an organ donor

https://www.foxnews.com/health/anne-heche-life-support-wanted-organ-donor

They have since switched off the life support Nicky. She wouldn't be declared dead whilst still on. They haven't said if any of her organs were viable for donation yet.

[Nicky91]

They have since switched off the life support Nicky. She wouldn't be declared dead whilst still on. They haven't said if any of her organs were viable for donation yet.

and i was reading it was still on, in our dutch tabloids and news shows


lazy dutch news media then

[arista]

[Anne Heche, 53, is taken off life support
and dies nine days after cocaine-fueled horror crash
in LA that left her brain dead: Actress' organs
are matched with a recipient]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11110863/Anne-Heche-taken-life-support-organ-recipients-identified.html