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According to unconfirmed reports, Natasha Richardson has been declared brain dead after a ski accident Monday at a Canadian resort. The New York Post reports that the actress' unnamed friends say she is on life support and is on her way to New York for friends and family to say goodbye. But there's been no official confirmation of this terrible news. A spokesperson at Sacre Coeur Hospital in Montreal, where Richardson, 45, was taken Monday night, would only say Richardson is no longer in Canada. Richardson was feeling fine for nearly an hour Monday after falling on a beginner's run during a private ski lesson. The British-born Richardson was not wearing a ski helmet during ski lesson on the Nansen, a beginners run. Richardson was at the bottom of the run, in what is known as the flats, during the midafternoon lesson when she fell and tumbled down the hill. Media reports said her sons, Micheal, 13, and Daniel, 12, were with her at the time of the accident. She did not hit anyone or anything before coming to a stop and the ski instructor was by her side within seconds, the spokesperson for Sacre Coeur said. There was no sign of injury, no cut or bleeding. Two ski patrollers helped Richardson but she was able to walk to her room at the resorts Quintessence Hotel, where she'd been staying since Sunday. Britain's BBC reports that a member of Richardson family, who asked not to be named, said the family was "very distressed." We pray that this report of her being brain dead is not true and that Natasha, a terrific actress, wonderful mother and loving wife, will be OK. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
