Actor Anne Heche Pronounced 'Brain Dead' At 53: Family [UPDATED]

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13. I didn't read that horrifying detail, but saw a video from afar of her sitting up on the stretcher

right before they put her into the ambulance. I think I read she slipped into a coma soon after that.

I wasn't exactly a fan, but geez, she has two children, one not yet an adult, and other loved ones. She was talented and productive, and many people were entertained and/or moved by her work and life. It appears she was a very troubled person at some stages of her life, but that's not all she was.

Perhaps more will emerge about her final hours, but it seems she had cocaine and fentanyl in her system, which makes me wonder if she knew the latter was in whatever she ingested (since it is often an unknown addition these days)... or if she was addicted to opioids... or ? We don't know those answers, but we do know she certainly paid a heavy price. Thankfully, and almost miraculously, she didn't take anyone with her on that final, disastrous journey. I hope the poor woman whose lifetime of belongings was totally destroyed will find generous compensation from the estate/insurance, even though that will be grossly inadequate for such a huge personal loss and terrifying experience.

RIP to Ms. Heche, and condolences to those who loved her.