Anne Heche
A recipient for their organs has been found
Anne Heche died last Friday about a week after her car accident.
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The doctors were able to find an organ recipient for Anne Heche. That’s why the machines weren’t shut down immediately – despite brain death.
On Friday, US actress Anne Heche (1969-2022) was declared brain dead after her fatal fire accident. From that day on, she was considered deceased in the legal sense. Nevertheless, Heche remained connected to life-sustaining measures and thus her cycle continued in order to be able to fulfill her wish for organ donation. Only later were the machines shut down. Now a spokesman told “People” magazinethat the organs of the 53-year-old could actually be donated.
A suitable organ recipient was able to be found, it is said. It is not known which organs were donated by Heche and who the recipient is. The 53-year-old Heche died on Friday about a week after a serious car accident involving her Mini Cooper. She crashed into a building at high speed, which then caught fire, as did her vehicle.
A few days later it was announced that Heche had suffered massive brain damage and was in a coma in a clinic. On Friday, her spokesman confirmed numerous media reports that Heche was already brain dead and was only being kept alive by machines. According to initial reports, the Emmy winner was said to have been under the influence of drugs during the accident. The police have already made it clear that all investigations had been stopped with Heche’s death.
Anne Heche’s family: “We have lost a bright light”
In a statement from the family, which is available, among other things, from the “New York Post”.it said after her death: “We have lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother and a loyal friend. Anne will be deeply missed, but she lives through her wonderful sons, through her work and her passionate commitment. Your courage, […] always spreading her message of love and acceptance will continue to have an enduring importance.”
Heche has acted in numerous Hollywood productions. For example alongside Harrison Ford (80) in the action comedy “Six Days, Seven Nights”, the disaster film “Volcano”, the “Psycho” reissue from 1998 and the series “Ally McBeal”, to name just a few. One of her last engagements was the series “All Rise”.