Celebs You Didn’t Know Passed Away: #13 Is Shocking

13. Natasha Richardson

Natasha Richardson was part of the Redgrave acting dynasty, the wife of Liam Neeson, and an acclaimed actress in her own right. Some of her most notable roles included Nell, The Parent Trap, Maid in Manhattan, and her Tony Award winning performance in Cabaret on Broadway. In 2009, she hit her head during a beginner’s skiing lesson but because she was talking and lucid, she thought it was no big deal and refused medical attention twice. She later went to a hospital complaining of a headache, and tragically died of an “epidural hemotoma due to blunt impact to the head.” Speculation is if the 45 year old sought medical attention earlier, she might have lived. Awareness of this incident has lead to more people wearing helmets when skiing today.