Natasha Richardson dead at 45

Natasha Richardson's family are gathering at her bedside as it was revealed the injured actress had been flown home to New York to 'spend one last day with her family'.

Natasha Richardson's family are gathering at her bedside as it was revealed the injured actress had been flown home to New York to 'spend one last day with her family'.

The daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson is said to be close to death after a seemingly innocuous fall on a beginners' ski slope.

Reliable sources close to her family have told the Daily Mail that she is 'brain dead' and that she is being kept alive by life support to enable the family to say their goodbyes.

Miss Redgrave arrived with her head bowed and covered by a scarf, followed by daughter Joely Richardson and granddaughter Daisy, along with actress aunt Lynn Redgrave and the injured actress's sons Michael and Daniel.

The mother-of-two is being cared for at Lenox Hill Hospital in her adopted city where she lives with actor husband Liam Neeson.

The 45-year-old actress developed life-threatening injuries after apparently hitting her head during a ski lesson on holiday in Canada.

'It's so sad. Vanessa, her sister Lynn, everybody is gathering in New York to say goodbye,' the close friend of the family told the Daily Mail last night, before adding: 'No one can believe what has happened, that this once vibrant woman, full of love, of life, is lying there brain dead.'

And it seemed as if she had become the latest victim of the 'curse' said to beset the theatrical dynasty to which she belongs.

Miss Richardson, who is married to actor Liam Neeson, had been taking a private ski lesson at the resort of Mont Tremblant, when she fell on a green slope, suitable for beginners.

The daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson is said to be close to death after a seemingly innocuous fall on a beginners' ski slope.

Reliable sources close to her family have told the Daily Mail that she is 'brain dead' and that she is being kept alive by life support to enable the family to say their goodbyes.

Miss Redgrave arrived with her head bowed and covered by a scarf, followed by daughter Joely Richardson and granddaughter Daisy, along with actress aunt Lynn Redgrave and the injured actress's sons Michael and Daniel.

The mother-of-two is being cared for at Lenox Hill Hospital in her adopted city where she lives with actor husband Liam Neeson.

The 45-year-old actress developed life-threatening injuries after apparently hitting her head during a ski lesson on holiday in Canada.

'It's so sad. Vanessa, her sister Lynn, everybody is gathering in New York to say goodbye,' the close friend of the family told the Daily Mail last night, before adding: 'No one can believe what has happened, that this once vibrant woman, full of love, of life, is lying there brain dead.'

And it seemed as if she had become the latest victim of the 'curse' said to beset the theatrical dynasty to which she belongs.

Miss Richardson, who is married to actor Liam Neeson, had been taking a private ski lesson at the resort of Mont Tremblant, when she fell on a green slope, suitable for beginners.