911 calls reveal Natasha Richardson's last hours
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British actress Natasha Richardson arrives at the amFAR Gala in New York in this file photo taken on January 31, 2008. Richardson, the wife of actor Liam Neeson and part of the Redgrave acting dynasty, has died, a family spokesman said on March 18, 2009.

British actress Natasha Richardson arrives at the amFAR Gala in New York in this file photo taken on Jan. 31, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters, File Photo)
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    BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhuanet) -- The details of actress Natasha Richardson's last hours after her fatal fall were revealed, media reported Sunday.

    Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper has obtained 911 calls made regarding Richardson's fall on the slopes of a Quebec ski resort on March 16.

    Paramedics first arrived at the ski resort where Richardson had fallen at 1 p.m. According to the newspaper, the actress's condition initially appeared mild. But she declined treatment.

    "There's a [ski] patroller who just went by, who tells me it's a 10-3," the medic reports to dispatch at 1:11 p.m. In ambulance code, 10-3 indicates the job is cancelled.

Actresses Vanessa Redgrave (C), her daughter actress Joely Richardson (R), and her granddaughter Daisy Bevan (L) arrive at wake for actress Natasha Richardson at the American Irish Historical Society on 5th Avenue in New York, March 20, 2009. The theater and movie worlds mourned Richardson on Friday after her death from a severe brain injury from a skiing accident in Canada earlier this week. Richardson -- a member of Britain's Redgrave acting dynasty, the 45-year-old wife of actor Liam Neeson and an accomplished stage and screen performer -- died in a New York hospital late on Wednesday.

Actresses Vanessa Redgrave (C), her daughter actress Joely Richardson (R), and her granddaughter Daisy Bevan (L) arrive at wake for actress Natasha Richardson at the American Irish Historical Society on 5th Avenue in New York, March 20, 2009. The theater and movie worlds mourned Richardson on Friday after her death from a severe brain injury from a skiing accident in Canada earlier this week. Richardson -- a member of Britain's Redgrave acting dynasty, the 45-year-old wife of actor Liam Neeson and an accomplished stage and screen performer -- died in a New York hospital late on Wednesday.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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    She walked back to her room with her ski instructor, but she began to experience severe headaches so 911 was called again later that afternoon at 2:59 p.m.

    While she was en route to Centre Hospitalier Laurentien in Sainte-Agathe, she was still "verbal" just before 4 p.m.

    But her orientation rating reached at 0, indicating that she was unconcious of the date, where she was, or what had happened to her - all signs of a potentially life-threatening brain injury.

    Richardson arriving at Montreal trauma center at 6:38 p.m. and died at age 45.

    (Agencies)

Actress Natasha Richardson (L) is shown in a scene with her mother Vanessa Redgrave in the 2007 film "Evening" in this undated publicity photograph. Actress Natasha Richardson, the wife of actor Liam Neeson and part of the Redgrave acting dynasty, has died, a family spokesman said on March 18, 2009

Actress Natasha Richardson (L) is shown in a scene with her mother Vanessa Redgrave in the 2007 film "Evening" in this undated publicity photograph. Actress Natasha Richardson, the wife of actor Liam Neeson and part of the Redgrave acting dynasty, has died, a family spokesman said on March 18, 2009(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Natasha Richardson's burial on Sunday in NY

Actor Liam Neeson arrives at the wake for his wife, actress Natasha Richardson at the American Irish Historical Society on 5th Avenue in New York, March 20, 2009. The theater and movie worlds mourned Richardson on Friday after her death from a severe brain injury from a skiing accident in Canada earlier this week. Richardson -- a member of Britain's Redgrave acting dynasty, the 45-year-old wife of actor Liam Neeson and an accomplished stage and screen performer -- died in a New York hospital late on Wednesday.

Actor Liam Neeson arrives at the wake for his wife, actress Natasha Richardson at the American Irish Historical Society on 5th Avenue in New York, March 20, 2009. The theater and movie worlds mourned Richardson on Friday after her death from a severe brain injury from a skiing accident in Canada earlier this week. Richardson -- a member of Britain's Redgrave acting dynasty, the 45-year-old wife of actor Liam Neeson and an accomplished stage and screen performer -- died in a New York hospital late on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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    BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Hollywood actress Natasha Richardson, who died last week following a skiing accident, will be buried Sunday in Millbrook, New York.

    The burial, near her Millbrook Dutchess County home in New York, will follow the private funeral services for the actress in upstate N.Y. Full story


Famed actress Natasha Richardson died after ski fall

British actress Natasha Richardson and actor Liam Neeson arrive at the premiere of the film "Dreamgirls" in New York in this picture taken December 4, 2006. Richardson, the wife of Neeson and part of the Redgrave acting dynasty, has died, a family spokesman said on March 18, 2009.

British actress Natasha Richardson and actor Liam Neeson arrive at the premiere of the film "Dreamgirls" in New York in this picture taken December 4, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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    NEW YORK, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Natasha Richardson, a film star, Tony-winning stage actress and member of the famed Redgrave acting family, died here Wednesday at 45 after suffering injuries in a ski accident, CNN quoted a family statement as saying.

    Richardson, wife of actor Liam Neeson, was injured Monday in a fall on a ski slope at a Quebec resort about 129 km northwest of Montreal. Full story

Natasha Richardson in critical condition

    BEIJING, March 18 -- British actress Natasha Richardson was in critical condition in a Montreal hospital after being severely injured in a skiing accident in Quebec, according to published reports.

    People.com and IrishCentral.com reported that the Tony award-winning actress and wife of Liam Neeson suffered a head injury Monday and is in a Montreal hospital.Full story 

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