Updates, posted at 5 PM and 7:45 PM state that Natasha Richardson is currently brain dead, although TMZ reports did not seem to agree. What is the truth of the matter?
UPDATED 5 PM:
Hours after a serious brain injury undertaken while skiing, Time Out New York, the NY Daily New, Fox News and the NY Post claim that she is brain dead, which TMZ had refuted..
Richardson flew to New York from Canada via private jet, her second hospital transfer in 24 hours. The flight was confirmed by the AP and a hospital spokesman.
Fox news claimed that she is coming home to then be taken off life support and allowed to die:
Sources close to Tony-award winning actress Natasha Richardson tell FOXNews.com that the 45-year-old actress is brain dead, and being transported back to New York City before she is to be taken off life support.
UPDATED 7:45 PM on NY POST:
People magazine reported that there was to be a vigil for Natasha after she was flown via private jet to New York from Canada:
Sources said that friends and family members gathered for a vigil in New York to be with Richardson. It was not immediately known whether she was being taken to a hospital or to her home. Her mother, renowned actress Vanessa Redgrave was seen this evening entering NY’s Lenox Hill Hospital.
