Actress Anne Heche severely burned in fiery car crash

[Anonymous]

Sad. Walking and Talking was such a great movie

[Anonymous]

When he was 18-years old, her brother committed suicide by driving his car into a tree.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too bad it happened but out of 7 billion people living on earth, she probably had better life than 99.99% of people.

Sure, if money and fame are your only measures. By any other measure she seemed to have been -100. Miserable person who suffered in life and now is suffering in death.

RE: why is this getting attention, since she wasn't acting in years -- I hope it gets LOADS of attention. Maybe if drunk drivers realize they could put their own bodies through hell instead of just risking the lives of others, which doesn't seem to bother them, they might think twice before getting behind the wheel of a car under the influence. I hope pictures of her own destroyed body are posted online for all to see and learn from.

Drunk drivers are seemingly unstoppable. Maybe this will help.

NP. Regarding the bold above: This morning I read one of the articles -- sadly, they are now early obituaries -- that noted that at the time of the crash last week, she was involved in quite a few projects.

I've never seen her in anything myself, but she seems to have worked consistently year in and year out, and had ample work in hand at the time of this awful event. Just because an actor isn't highly visible in big-name Hollywood films, that does not mean an actor "wasn't acting in years." Especially now, with streaming creating so much appetite for endless content. Just noting this to correct the idea she wasn't working and lived off...her fame or whatever. Like I said, I've never seen her in anything, but I respect jobbing actors who just keep plugging along.

Just looked and this is what People online listed: The actress has remained busy in recent months, with several projects in the works. In June, she wrapped on Lifetime's Girl in Room 13, set to premiere this fall. She will also star opposite Dermot Mulroney in the upcoming horror-thriller Full Ride, has a recurring role in All Rise on OWN and is premiering in Sam Levinson and The Weeknd's HBO show Idol. She recently starred in the Peter Facinelli-directed psychological thriller The Vanished for Netflix and Quiver's tornado thriller 13 Minutes.

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I'm very sad for her family and her two sons.

Obviously she had a lot of issues, but it's really sad when someone with presumably so many resources at their disposal still can't beat mental illness and addiction.

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Anonymous wrote:When he was 18-years old, her brother committed suicide by driving his car into a tree.

Wow....

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too bad it happened but out of 7 billion people living on earth, she probably had better life than 99.99% of people.

Sure, if money and fame are your only measures. By any other measure she seemed to have been -100. Miserable person who suffered in life and now is suffering in death.

RE: why is this getting attention, since she wasn't acting in years -- I hope it gets LOADS of attention. Maybe if drunk drivers realize they could put their own bodies through hell instead of just risking the lives of others, which doesn't seem to bother them, they might think twice before getting behind the wheel of a car under the influence. I hope pictures of her own destroyed body are posted online for all to see and learn from.

Drunk drivers are seemingly unstoppable. Maybe this will help.

NP. Regarding the bold above: This morning I read one of the articles -- sadly, they are now early obituaries -- that noted that at the time of the crash last week, she was involved in quite a few projects.

I've never seen her in anything myself, but she seems to have worked consistently year in and year out, and had ample work in hand at the time of this awful event. Just because an actor isn't highly visible in big-name Hollywood films, that does not mean an actor "wasn't acting in years." Especially now, with streaming creating so much appetite for endless content. Just noting this to correct the idea she wasn't working and lived off...her fame or whatever. Like I said, I've never seen her in anything, but I respect jobbing actors who just keep plugging along.

Just looked and this is what People online listed: The actress has remained busy in recent months, with several projects in the works. In June, she wrapped on Lifetime's Girl in Room 13, set to premiere this fall. She will also star opposite Dermot Mulroney in the upcoming horror-thriller Full Ride, has a recurring role in All Rise on OWN and is premiering in Sam Levinson and The Weeknd's HBO show Idol. She recently starred in the Peter Facinelli-directed psychological thriller The Vanished for Netflix and Quiver's tornado thriller 13 Minutes.

My response was to the post that said, why should we care about this when she hasn't acted in years. I don't think that's the point.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm very sad for her family and her two sons.

Obviously she had a lot of issues, but it's really sad when someone with presumably so many resources at their disposal still can't beat mental illness and addiction.

+1 yes, truly

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Anonymous wrote:When he was 18-years old, her brother committed suicide by driving his car into a tree.

Again, family genetics play a large role. Very sad to see the struggles of so many members of one family.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for her children and ex.

She was photographed buying a red wig not long before the accident. I wonder why she would do that if she was planning to drive into a house and kill herself. I'm not sure I believe the suicide theory.

You have no idea. I had a friend commit suicide just a week after investing in an expensive stereo system. There is no formal logic that any of us can follow to dispute it.

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I’m very frustrated that so many folks are vilifying her on what appears to be incomplete information. It was first reported that she was drunk and yet the toxicology shows she had no alcohol in her system. Now it’s being reported she was high on cocaine, but the reports are that she had fentanyl and other narcotics on board - all of which could have been administered by first responders in the ambulance or as she entered the hospital - the pain from burns is the most extreme known to man so fentanyl would be the go to pain relief of choice for a burn victim coming in from a fire accident scene. They were not able to take blood immediately because of the hypervolemia and hypoperfusion that takes place in the human body following severe burns. As a former prosecutor I can attest that it is highly unlikely that a detailed breakdown of the toxicology is available less than a week following her accident, and likely when official results are available it will be indeterminate whether she had any substances on board while driving - but her reputation has already been destroyed by irresponsible reporting that cites not one single named source for the declarations being made about her status at the time of the crash.

Clearly something was going on, but Anne has struggled with serious mental illness for almost all her adult life - a normal consequence of having been raped by her father in infancy and contracting herpes as an infant as a result and having a heartless monster of a mother who never believed her and never supported her in any way in her coping with that early childhood trauma. Anne never had the choice to be a healthy person, just like millions of abused children who struggle all their lives to grapple with ptsd from childhood. She tried hard and worked hard and sometimes failed, but she is not deserving of the vilification of the holier than thous here and elsewhere on social media who are speaking of her as though she’s garbage. Hope the karma bus runs all of you over, then backs up and runs over you again.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m very frustrated that so many folks are vilifying her on what appears to be incomplete information. It was first reported that she was drunk and yet the toxicology shows she had no alcohol in her system. Now it’s being reported she was high on cocaine, but the reports are that she had fentanyl and other narcotics on board - all of which could have been administered by first responders in the ambulance or as she entered the hospital - the pain from burns is the most extreme known to man so fentanyl would be the go to pain relief of choice for a burn victim coming in from a fire accident scene. They were not able to take blood immediately because of the hypervolemia and hypoperfusion that takes place in the human body following severe burns. As a former prosecutor I can attest that it is highly unlikely that a detailed breakdown of the toxicology is available less than a week following her accident, and likely when official results are available it will be indeterminate whether she had any substances on board while driving - but her reputation has already been destroyed by irresponsible reporting that cites not one single named source for the declarations being made about her status at the time of the crash.

Clearly something was going on, but Anne has struggled with serious mental illness for almost all her adult life - a normal consequence of having been raped by her father in infancy and contracting herpes as an infant as a result and having a heartless monster of a mother who never believed her and never supported her in any way in her coping with that early childhood trauma. Anne never had the choice to be a healthy person, just like millions of abused children who struggle all their lives to grapple with ptsd from childhood. She tried hard and worked hard and sometimes failed, but she is not deserving of the vilification of the holier than thous here and elsewhere on social media who are speaking of her as though she’s garbage. Hope the karma bus runs all of you over, then backs up and runs over you again.

Yes she is. She was reckless with the lives of others. She is deserving of that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too bad it happened but out of 7 billion people living on earth, she probably had better life than 99.99% of people.

Sure, if money and fame are your only measures. By any other measure she seemed to have been -100. Miserable person who suffered in life and now is suffering in death.

RE: why is this getting attention, since she wasn't acting in years -- I hope it gets LOADS of attention. Maybe if drunk drivers realize they could put their own bodies through hell instead of just risking the lives of others, which doesn't seem to bother them, they might think twice before getting behind the wheel of a car under the influence. I hope pictures of her own destroyed body are posted online for all to see and learn from.

Drunk drivers are seemingly unstoppable. Maybe this will help.

NP. Regarding the bold above: This morning I read one of the articles -- sadly, they are now early obituaries -- that noted that at the time of the crash last week, she was involved in quite a few projects.

I've never seen her in anything myself, but she seems to have worked consistently year in and year out, and had ample work in hand at the time of this awful event. Just because an actor isn't highly visible in big-name Hollywood films, that does not mean an actor "wasn't acting in years." Especially now, with streaming creating so much appetite for endless content. Just noting this to correct the idea she wasn't working and lived off...her fame or whatever. Like I said, I've never seen her in anything, but I respect jobbing actors who just keep plugging along.

Just looked and this is what People online listed: The actress has remained busy in recent months, with several projects in the works. In June, she wrapped on Lifetime's Girl in Room 13, set to premiere this fall. She will also star opposite Dermot Mulroney in the upcoming horror-thriller Full Ride, has a recurring role in All Rise on OWN and is premiering in Sam Levinson and The Weeknd's HBO show Idol. She recently starred in the Peter Facinelli-directed psychological thriller The Vanished for Netflix and Quiver's tornado thriller 13 Minutes.

My response was to the post that said, why should we care about this when she hasn't acted in years. I don't think that's the point.

Sorry, wasn't clear on which PP said it, but I was responding to someone's statement re: her supposedly not acting in years. It's worth correcting because making any level of career out of acting over decades is not easy, so it shouldn't be brushed aside by the PP who didn't seem to know better. We're effectively in obituary territory now, unfortunately, so it's worthwhile to get basics corrected here. Though that won't change the very sad ending that will now be the headline forever.

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Anonymous wrote:When he was 18-years old, her brother committed suicide by driving his car into a tree.

According to Anne. The rest of her family disputes it.

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Anonymous wrote:I just read online that Anne Heche is on life support now & is not expected to survive her injuries.

Apparently she has suffered severe brain injuries + is only being kept alive to see if her organs are still viable for donation.

While I do not personally agree w/what she did - I am sad to see how sadly her life will conclude.

How did she get up in the stretcher if she had the brain injuries? I'm guessing the brain injury was while on a ventilator?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That’s very sad. Her life shouldn’t have ended this way.

??

I don’t get this. Why not? Why do you get to decide how someone’s should or shouldn’t end?

Huh? I just meant it’s incredibly tragic. And it was an act of self-destruction, which is particularly heartbreaking. Such an odd thing to get offended about, my goodness.