Actor Anne Heche dies a week after car crash, aged 53
The US actor, who starred in films including Donnie Brasco, Catfight and the remake of Psycho, did not regain consciousness after a car crash on 5 August
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Actor Anne Heche dies a week after car crash, aged 53
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now it's confirmed by the LA Times.
Anne Heche, TV, film and stage actor, dies at 53 from injuries in L.A. car crash
RIP.
Anne Heche, TV, film and stage actor, dies at 53 from injuries in L.A. car crash
RIP.
She is brain dead. She can't possibly recover. They are keeping her heart beating so they can harvest her organs (at her request).
Oh. I thought we couldn't post that she had died until she really was.
Here I was thinking deadlines for some print newspapers are unreasonably early and we're not getting up to date news.
Many newspapers' deadlines are as early as 9 p.m. the day before publication. A few are even earlier.
A doctor said in a news report yesterday that people who have no brain activity are considered 'dead'. Heche was being kept 'alive' artificially so her donated organs could be analyzed.
If you are referring to the situation with Tony Dow, he HAD been declared deceased by his OWN publicist, before they retracted the announcement.
I'm not, but we've had other similar situations. Wikipedia also shows she died, even though the circumstances are the same.
His own publicist did that on the word of Tony's now widow, who was stressed and confused.
Because Wikipedia is edited by literally anyone with a computer.
I spent a few hours on Wikipedia looking up radio stations I was closely familiar with. About 90% were incomplete, and more than half had inaccuracies such as wrong dates, wrong formats in the past, incorrect ownership histories and wrong ratings history.
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Woman Whose Home Was Destroyed After Anne Heche's Car Crash Thanks Supporters amid 'Insane, Traumatic Time'
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Anne Heche was taken off life support last night (Sunday night) and is now being reported as deceased. I can understand the confusion around this. In the state of California, death is when someone is declared brain dead. This may be causing all the confusion over which day she actually died. The news sources are not on the same page. Each is choosing which date and definition they are going with in reporting her death.
Or, y'know, we could just click on the headline and read the article at the beginning of this thread, specifically paragraph four:
On Friday afternoon representatives for Heche, 53, confirmed she was “brain dead”, which under California law is the definition of death. It was announced earlier in the day Heche would be taken off of life support. It is understood her heartbeat was being maintained in case appropriate organ donation could take place.
This morning, FOX 5 in San Diego,, and KFI are just now announcing her death. I was pointing out the timeline difference between other news sources last week that were announcing her death, and others doing so now. Not everyone is going by California's definition of death. I don't know how many other states define death the way California does, but it is different elsewhere.
The investigation is ending.
apnews.com
LAPD ends investigation into Anne Heche car crash
The Los Angeles Police Department has ended its investigation into Anne Heche’s car accident, when the actor crashed into a Los Angeles home on Aug. 5.
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makes sense since you can't charge a dead person for causing a bad accident that resulted in destruction of property, at this point, all things related to that will be settled in a civil lawsuit against her family and the insurance company her car was insured by.The investigation is ending.
LAPD ends investigation into Anne Heche car crash
The Los Angeles Police Department has ended its investigation into Anne Heche’s car accident, when the actor crashed into a Los Angeles home on Aug. 5.
The most CONCLUSIVE headline that I have seen was dated this past Sunday, the day before yesterday.
Anne Heche, star with troubled life, dies
Actor Anne Heche has died, a week after she was injured in a fiery car crash. She was 53. She had been on life support after suffering burns and a major brain injury when her car crashed into a home. (Aug. 14)
Yeah, and I wasn't busting you. But seriously---paragraph four explains it. Brain dead but on life support. Anyone who bothered to read it wouldn't have been confused.
The headline was misleading. It isn't until you get to paragraph 4 that you find out that she is still alive, but on life support. We obviously have a different view on what is considered death.
Two months ago, we had to take my aunt off of life support. Leading up to that we had time for friends and other family members to say their goodbye. Despite being in a coma, and being kept alive by machine, we were amazed when several times she was able to lightly grip my mother's hand..As far I'm concerned death is when it is declared officially by the doctor.
With your journalism experience, you should know the importance of an eye grabbing headline, worded to get as many readers to "click" and read. Many times I have been attracted by the headline, followed by reading the content and realizing the truth is a bit different. And of course, there are still the reporters who want to be first with the big story (TMZ comes to mind).
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