Natasha Richardson tragically died in 2009 after a ski accident and now her oldest son, Micheál Richardson, is talking about how she is still recovering from the loss of her mother.
The 25-year-old “Made in Italy” star told Vanity Fair in an interview that “the pain was too overwhelming.” Micheál was 13 years old when he died. Her father is actor Liam Neeson.
“I think the mind is very powerful and, unconsciously or unconsciously, it can protect you. That is what it did when it passed away. I just pushed it away and I didn’t want to deal with it,” he said.
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“I still don’t think I fully understand it, and that seems to be a journey similar to that of many people I’ve spoken to,” added Micheál. “Fifty years old who lost their parents when they were 12, 13 years old … One day they go gardening, and something comes upon them, and they just fall apart.”
She explained that she now appreciates her acting career because she is immortalized on screen. Micheál’s favorite movie with her mother is “The Parent Trap” because it best captured her personality.
Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson have two children together.
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“She was this sweet and amazing mother figure, my best friend,” she said. “She received these incredible and great welcomes when we returned home or she would return home … I am very lucky because I have her captured in the movie.”
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Natasha and Liam are also parents to a 23-year-old son, Daniel. The couple married in 1994.
In 2009, the actress hit her head during a ski class while on vacation near Montreal. She appeared to be fine after the accident, although she was complaining of a headache.
Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson.
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She was later rushed to a New York hospital, where she died at the age of 45 from an epidural hematoma (cerebral hemorrhage).
Neeson previously spoke to Anderson Cooper in “60 Minutes” about the death of his wife.
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“They told me he had brain death. And looking at this x-ray it was like, ‘Wow’. But obviously she was on life support and stuff, “he said by saying goodbye.” And I went to her and said I loved her. She said, ‘Honey, you’re not coming back from this. You hit your head. It is, I don’t know if you can hear me, but that’s what’s going on. And we bring you back to New York. All your family and friends will come. And that was more or less. “
