Anne Heche, star in “Six Days, Seven Nights”Emmy nominee for the NBC soap-opera “Another World,”Has “been peacefully taken off life support,”A spokesperson for the family made a short statement on Sunday night. As matches have been discovered, her desire to donate her organs has been fulfilled. She was 53.
Heche crashed her Mini Cooper into a garage in an apartment complex. Residents tried to help but she continued on and crashed into another home. This set off a firestorm that required a dramatic rescue. “Six Days, Seven Nights”Actress in hospital with severe burns. Although no one else was injured, the homeowner who was there in the backyard later claimed that she was slightly hurt.
Heche was left pinned in her charred vehicle while firefighters tried to extinguish the flames. The giant LAFD crane finally lifted Heche out of the burning wreckage. Heche broke free from her cover and restraints to load the gurney into an ambulance in a bizarre scene that was captured live on TV.
“At this time Anne is in extreme critical condition,” the actress’ rep said that afternoon. “She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention. She is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident.”
The toxicology reports did not show any alcohol in Heche’s system. However, they indicated the presence of cocaine and possibly fentanyl. Heche was hospitalized after sustaining an injury to her right shoulder. “severe” anoxic brain injury — which means she suffered a total lack of oxygen to her brain — and was being kept on life support while they determine whether any of her organs can be donated.
TMZLater she reported that her brain was dead, which is legal in California. Heche’s representative confirmed that she had lost brain function Friday but did not provide any update on whether or not she was still on life support.
Homer, her son, wrote a moving tribute to his mother, following the announcement that Heche was dead. “After six days of almost unbelievable emotional swings, I am left with a deep, wordless sadness. Hopefully my mom is free from pain and beginning to explore what I like to imagine as her eternal freedom.”
Condolences started to flood in as Ellen DeGeneres (Alec Baldwin), James Tupper and many other people remembered her.
The donor was located and she was removed from life support on Sunday, August 14.
Heche began acting after she was offered a role in a soap opera. “Another World”She played Vicky Hudson’s twins Marley Hudson and Vicky Hudson. Heche portrayed the identical twins’ very different personalities well enough to earn a Daytime Emmy Award in 1991.
She later moved into film with a debut in 1993’s “Ambush of Ghosts”Then came the roles in “Donnie Brasco” (1997) alongside Johnny Depp. Next came the roles in “Volcano,” “Wag the Dog” “Six Days Seven Nights.”
Next came the actress “Return to Paradise”(1998) She worked alongside Vince Vaughn in “Psycho”Gus Van Zant remade it. For her role in the 2004 revival, she was nominated for a Tony Award. “Twentieth Century.”
Heche, who was known to have dated DeGeneres in 1997-2000, shared her stories of abuse and other childhood traumas in several interviews throughout the years. She published a memoir entitled “Sheche” in 2003. “Call Me Crazy,”She is open about her past of mental health problems and personal struggles.
In 1985, her father, whom she claims was sexually abusive, died of HIV/AIDS. Her 18-year old brother, who she claims was sexually abused, died in a car accident. It was ruled accidental. However, Heche maintained that it was suicide. This was something her estranged mother refuted.
She drove from Los Angeles to Fresno in 2000. After parking on the roadside, she knocked at the door of an unknown home. Heche was recognized by her answerer, who gave her water and slippers as well as letting her take a bath. Heche settled down in her living area and asked for a movie. The woman called the police.
A police report says that Heche said to deputies that she was “God, and was going to take everyone back to heaven in a spaceship.”She was transferred to Fresno’s psychiatric unit and then released.
Coleman Laffoon, her 2001 husband, gave birth to Homer in 2002. Later, the couple split in 2009. From 2007 to 2018, she married actor James Tupper and had a son, Atlas.
