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March 20, 2009

Richardson's Family Gathers for Viewing

Natasha Richardson's family -- including husband Liam, their sons, sister Joely, mother Vanessa and friends gathered at the American Irish Historical Society for a private wake for the actress.

Richardson's Family Gathers For Viewing

Funeral services will be held Sunday in upstate New York. Richardson's remains will be interred near her home in Millbrook, NY.


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I am very sorry about the death of Natasha Richardson. I liked her in Parent Trap and Maid in Manhattan. My thoughts and prayers are with the family through this difficult and sad time.


- Lisa
Posted 03/24/09 08:06 PM
 

Dear Mr. Neeson
My deepest sympathy go out to you and your sons. Though I never had the pleasure to see Natasha in person, you could tell only by looking at her with her consistent smiles that she was a very generous, kindhearted, gentle and happy person and she will be missed. She will now be an Angel of God (and what a perfect Angel). It’s understandable to greive, but it is also important to be strong and always keep her and her memories alive in your hearts. I am very, very sorry for your loss. You are all in my thoughts and prayers and may God bless you and your family.


- Ella
Posted 03/24/09 01:33 PM
 

I just want to express my condolences to Natasha Richardson’s family. I’m so sorry for your loss, and my thoughts and prayers are with you all. She seemed like a lovely person, and I know she will be missed by many throughout the world. I hope and pray that in the days ahead you will draw stregth and comfort from one another as well as from your memories of her.


- Kay
Posted 03/24/09 01:27 PM
 

I lost my husband in July, we had been married forty-two years. I know what Liam is going through and it really does get easier but it doesn’t come one day at a time, it’s more like a week at a time, it takes that long for each small step. My heart goes out to him and his boys, losing a spouse is one of the hardest things in the world and the boys will always miss their mother.


- Diane Adams
Posted 03/24/09 12:33 PM
 

To the Natasha Richardson family I love Natasha what you see is what you got she was so very sweet and loving to everyone I loved her in Parent trap. She was beautiful inside and out. May GOD bless your family with peace and full of love.To Liam and sons just know that she loves all you so very much and she always will and she will be in your hearts forever GODS grace be with you and your extended family Let GOD know what you need and he will take care of your needs. My heartfelt condolences and she was a WONDERFUL WOMAN


- The Cooper family
Posted 03/24/09 12:06 PM
 

Please extend my deepest sympathies to the family. It is my understanding that she didn’t like to ski and only did it for the family. I am just hoping that the family doesn’t blame themselves for this. There is a reason for everything and I am hoping the family understands that. I am so sorry for the loss of this wonderful woman.


- Jeanne
Posted 03/24/09 08:48 AM
 

So sorry for your loss my prays and thoughts are with your family at this time….


- Sherry
Posted 03/24/09 06:26 AM
 

To Liam and family- Please take our heartfelt condolences and i pray your children and you find a way to go on somehow without your Natasha- She seemed like such a warm giving regular person- All are so stunned and saddened by her death- We are praying for you and wish you only the best. Sincerely a big fan of all your work- Laurie Glick


- Laurie Glick
Posted 03/24/09 05:22 AM
 

I am so sorry to hear of your wifes death. My heart goes out to you. I know what is like to lose a family member. I lost my father and younger brother. May God be with you and your family at this time.


- pearl trotter
Posted 03/21/09 09:26 PM
 

I, like many throughout the world, are
devasted at the loss of Natasha. Liam
my prayers and thoughts go out to you,
your sons and Natasha’s family. A young, beautiful, talent and kind woman
is very rare…and Natasha was all of these. She will not be forgotten.




- Elizabeth Buffolano
Posted 03/21/09 05:29 PM
 

I, like many throughout the world, are
devasted at the loss of Natasha. Liam
my prayers and thoughts go out to you,
your sons and Natasha’s family. A young, beautiful, talent and kind woman
is very rare…and Natasha was all of these. She will not be forgotten.



- Elizabeth Buffolano
Posted 03/21/09 05:25 PM
 

We are so saddened by the sudden lost of Natasha. Our hearts go out to Vanessa, Liam, her boys and the entire family.


- Jennifer
Posted 03/21/09 03:35 PM
 

Natasha was a beautiful angel, inside and out. She lit up the screen in films like Parent Trap, Maid In Manhattan and Waking Up In Reno, and gave dark, brilliant performances in Gothic and The Handmaid’s Tale. Her death was a BIG shock, and something that may take quite awhile to move on from. By the way, my parents’ first date was to her mom Vanessa’s film, Camelot. My heart goes out to Liam, Vanessa, Joely and family. Natasha is now a beautiful angel in heaven. Love, Amanda
:)


- Amanda
Posted 03/21/09 02:40 PM
 

I am writing to express my profound sympthy to the family at the passing of Natasha Richardson. The unexpectedness of her death must certainly compound the grief. I feel such empathy as I have experiencwed similar unanticipated deaths in my life.

I wish them happy memories of their lives together, as well as promising thoughts of their lives to come.

Sincerely,

Barb


- Barb Briner
Posted 03/21/09 02:23 PM
 

I f33l r3@l b@d rip


- Tajah
Posted 03/21/09 12:49 PM
 

PEACE AND LOVE TO THE ENTIRE FAMILY.


- PEACE AND LOVE TO THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
Posted 03/21/09 10:41 AM
 

I have never been skiing, would a helmet have helped?


- Anonymous
Posted 03/21/09 10:38 AM
 

By EMILY SMITH
US Editor

Published: Today

TRAGIC star NATASHA RICHARDSON turned down a £6 rented ski helmet which could have saved her life, it emerged yesterday.
Natasha, 45, the wife of Schindler’s List actor LIAM NEESON, fell and suffered fatal brain bleeding during a lesson at the Canadian ski resort on Monday.

Protection … helmet
One staff member said: “We are heartbroken that we didn’t do more to persuade her to wear one. A helmet would have cost her just ten dollars (Canadian).

“Every skier is encouraged to wear a helmet, especially beginners like Natasha. But it is not legally enforced and they can always refuse.

“I remember Natasha coming into the shop before her lesson. She seemed cheerful, bright and extremely beautiful.


“She said she wasn’t a good skier and was a little nervous. She spoke to other staff about her equipment, and they offered her some headgear.”

British stage and screen actress Natasha was taken to hospital complaining of a headache after her fall.


- Anonymous
Posted 03/21/09 10:30 AM
 

The depth and breadth of empathy for all of you in the loss of your beloved Natasha is beyond describable and is, as well, sincerely shared by this grieving Hampton NH resident.

Most respectfully,

robert deLoura leDoux Bouvier-cosmos


- deLoura
Posted 03/21/09 10:26 AM
 

Neeson, Redgrave Hold Wake for Natasha Richardson
Fri., Mar. 20, 2009 8:01 PM PDT by Breanne L. Heldman and Natalie Finn


REUTERS/Mike Segar
Natasha Richardson’s loved ones gathered Friday for her wake.

Husband Liam Neeson, mother Vanessa Redgrave, sister Joely Richardson and sons Micheál Richard Antonio, 13, and Daniel Jack, 12, were among the mourners who attended a private viewing at the American Irish Historical Society in Manhattan.

Richardson’s mother and sister held each other as they entered the Fifth Avenue building across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Neeson and the boys arrived in a black Mercedes.

Ralph Fiennes, Sara Jessica Parker, Uma Thurman, Mike Nichols, Diane Sawyer, Rupert Everett, Ethan Hawke and Matthew Modine were among the close friends who turned out to pay their respects to the family.

The stream of visitors also included designer Kenneth Cole, Laura Linney, Fisher Stevens, Howard Stern, Stanley Tucci and Julianna Margulies.


- Anonymous
Posted 03/21/09 10:04 AM

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