Natasha Richardson's Family Gathered to Say Final Farewells

Natasha Richardson's family are gathering at her bedside as it was revealed the injured actress had been flown home to New York to 'spend one last day with her family'.The daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson is said to be close to death after a seemingly innocuous fall on a beginners' ski slope.

Reliable sources close to her family have told the Daily Mail that she is 'brain dead' and that she is being kept alive by life support to enable the family to say their goodbyes.Miss Redgrave arrived with her head bowed and covered by a scarf, followed by daughter Joely Richardson and granddaughter Daisy, along with actress aunt Lynn Redgrave and the injured actress's sons Michael and Daniel.

The mother-of-two is being cared for at Lenox Hill Hospital in her adopted city where she lives with actor husband Liam Neeson.The 45-year-old actress developed life-threatening injuries after apparently hitting her head during a ski lesson on holiday in Canada.'It's so sad. Vanessa, her sister Lynn, everybody is gathering in New York to say goodbye,' the close friend of the family told the Daily Mail last night, before adding: 'No one can believe what has happened, that this once vibrant woman, full of love, of life, is lying there brain dead.'And it seemed as if she had become the latest victim of the 'curse' said to beset the theatrical dynasty to which she belongs.

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Natasha Richardson is Brain Dead!!

According to unofficial 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.

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Natasha Richardson Critically Injured in Skiing Accident

Natasha Richardson, who has been critically injured in a skiing accident in Mont Tremblant, Canada, is a scion of the Redgrave acting dynasty and the wife of Irish star Liam Neeson.She is the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and the actor and director Tony Richardson, the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and the sister of Nip/Tuck's Joely Richardson.

Natasha Richardson is in a Montreal hospital after suffering head injuries during a ski accident, Canadian media reported Tuesday.Richardson’s husband, Liam Neeson, left a Toronto movie shoot for Atom Egoyan's "Chloe" to be at her side in Montreal, the CTV network reported.Richardson suffered her injuries while skiing at Mont Tremblant in Quebec and is believed to be at the Hospital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal.

"We know that she has had an accident but we really do not know any more details," said Kika Markham, who is married to Richardson's uncle, Corin Redgrave. "We are very concerned."Mont Tremblant said Richardson fell on a beginners trail during a ski lesson and later reported not felling well.The ski resort said the ski instructor and a ski patrol accompanied Richardson to her hotel, where they again recommended she should be seen by a doctor.

"Approximately an hour after the incident Mrs. Richardson was not feeling good," a statement from the resort said.Mont Tremblant spokeswoman Catherine Lacasse said Richardson was getting a private lesson and that she said she was fine at first."An hour later she said she didn't feel well. She had a headache, so we sent her to the hospital," Lacasse said. "There were no signs of impact and no blood, nothing."

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Natasha Richardson Shows Her Panties!!

Actress Natasha Richardson showed a little more than she would have liked on the red-carpet at last night’s star-studded Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala.In an attempt to ensure she didn’t embarrass herself by tripping up as she ascended the stairs in her high heels, Natasha suffered a malfunction anyway.

As the actress from the highly-regarded Redgrave acting dynasty hitched up her pale pink chiffon gown, she inadvertently flashed her nude-colored thong to the assembled audience.

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