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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Richardson Autopsy: "Blunt Impact" to the Head
The death of Natasha Richardson has been ruled an accident by the New York City medical examiner.The cause of death was determined to be an epidural hematoma -- bleeding in the brain -- caused by a "blunt impact" to her head.
The ruling matches earlier reports of Richardson's condition. It doesn't explain how such a blunt impact could have occurred if the actress fell as described, in soft snow, on a ski slope for beginners, without hitting anyone or anything.
The Globe and Mail is also pondering the timeline from the Canadian end.
Lights on Broadway were dimmed at 8 pm on Thursday night in tribute to Richardson -- one night after the same lights were dimmed for actor Ron Silver.
Labels: Natasha Richardson, Ron Silver
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 8:55 PM 
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Actor Ron Silver Dead at 62
Whoa! Actor Ron Silver has died at the young age of 62. He "had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years," says ABC News.(That's the same cancer that got Harold Pinter three months ago.)
Silver was an almost-leading-man who maybe looked and sounded a little too much like Al Pacino for his professional good. Still, he stayed very busy. Today's papers seem to be remembering him mainly as "'West Wing' Star Ron Silver" -- he played political strategist Bruno Gianelli in 19 episodes.
Turns out he also played Henry Kissinger in the 1995 TV movie Kissinger and Nixon -- with Beau Bridges as Nixon (!) and George Takei as Vietnamese Communist leader Le Duc Tho. Some cast.
Good luck to you, Mr. Silver, wherever you are.
Labels: Al Pacino, Beau Bridges, George Takei, Henry Kissinger, Ron Silver
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