A spokesperson has confirmed that US actor Anne Heche has been “peacefully taken off life support” after a suitable donor recipient was found.
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| From Left: Atlas (13-year old son), Anne Heche (53-year old mum) and Homer (20-year old son). Photo: @anneheche |
On Sunday, a representative for the late actor disclosed her death to the PA News agency.
Heche, 53, was legally pronounced dead on Friday after suffering a “severe anoxic brain injury” while crashing her car into a house in LA.
She has been on life support in case her organs could be donated.
As reported by NBC News, surgeons were ready to perform the implants, however, it is not known how many or which organs will be donated.
Holly Baird, spokesperson to Heche, said in a statement, the actor was “peacefully taken off life support” after a compatible person was found to receive her donated organs.
The Los Angeles Police Department, earlier on Sunday, said, they had closed investigation into Heche’s car crash, which left her in a coma.
They said in a statement: “As of today, there will be no further investigative efforts made in this case.
“When a person suspected of a crime expires [dies], we do not present for filing consideration.”
Last week, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) said, her vehicle “erupted in heavy fire”, which took 59 firefighters more than an hour to extinguish fully.
As well as suffering burns, the actress was left with “a severe anoxic brain injury” – when the brain is deprived of oxygen – her family said.
The two-storey home she crashed into was left “uninhabitable”.
Her family said in a statement on Friday: “Today we lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul.”
