Anne Heche is dead. The 53-year-old American actress has been in a coma for the past week following a serious car accident. The family had announced that Anne was brain dead and that the machines that kept her alive would be shut down. At the request of the actress, the family will arrange for an organ donation.
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The Family Announcement
“Unfortunately, as a result of her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and is in a critically comatose state. He is not expected to survive,” the family spokesman said today. “It has long been her decision to donate her organs and she is being kept alive to see if any are viable. We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne’s recovery, and thank the dedicated staff and wonderful nurses who took care of Anne at West Hills Hospital’s Grossman Burn Center.
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The accident: driving under the influence of cocaine
The police are investigating the car accident. According to a first reconstruction, the actress was driving a car and crashed into a house, which caused a fire. At first, the presence of a bottle of vodka in the car indicated that the woman was drunk. The toxicology tests denied this, instead finding that the actress had used cocaine before driving. It took more than an hour to put out the flames and the woman was pulled out with her body burned.
Anne Heche, Success After a Difficult Life Amidst Family Abuse and Grief
There is an eventful history behind Anne Heche. Her father, a choir director, died of AIDS when she was 14. In the same year, his brother Nate dies in a car accident. Another sister of hers, Cynthia, died of a heart problem a few months after birth, while her sister Susan died of brain cancer in 2006.
He moved to Chicago with his mother, where he worked as a singer in various clubs and studied acting during his high school studies. After graduating, she joined the cast of the New York-based soap opera Destini, where she played the dual roles of twins Marley and Vicki Hudson for four years. The cinema debut comes in 1993 in the film “The Adventures of Huck Finn“and 1997, the year he stars in the films Donnie Brasco. The actress caused quite a stir when she announced her relationship with the actress Ellen DeGenereswhich fuels gossip and, more importantly, its popularity.