“Today we lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend,” read a statement shared with multiple outlets on behalf of Heche’s family and friends.
on behalf of Heche’s family and friends. “Anne will be deeply missed but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work, and her passionate advocacy. Her bravery for always standing in her truth, spreading her message of love and acceptance, will continue to have a lasting impact.” While Heche is now legally dead in the state of California, she remains on life support while her family awaits news of potential matches for organ donations.
The news comes after Heche was involved in a devastating car crash on August 5, driving into a home in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles and causing a fire that took emergency services more than an hour to extinguish. The owner of the home suffered only minor injuries, but the building was rendered uninhabitable by the fire and the majority of her possessions destroyed.
Earlier this week, a representative for Heche described her as being in a critical condition. “She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention,” they explained. A warrant was obtained by the Los Angeles Police Department for a blood sample taken on the day of the crash as a result of Heche’s erratic driving, and on Wednesday, an officer confirmed that the blood work had revealed the presence of narcotics.
Heche was born in 1969 in Aurora, Ohio, the youngest of five children. She had a troubled upbringing, which she described with candor in her 2001 memoir. The family was poor and moved regularly, and at the age of 13, Heche’s father died of AIDS, which she believed he contracted from a male partner. Heche has also described the extensive sexual abuse she suffered at her father’s hands, having been raped from an early age and contracting genital herpes as a result.
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