Sunday 14 August 2022 08:19 PM Anne Heche to be taken off life support after organ recipients are identified  trends now

Sunday 14 August 2022 08:19 PM Anne Heche to be taken off life support after organ recipients are identified  trends now
Sunday 14 August 2022 08:19 PM Anne Heche to be taken off life support after organ recipients are identified  trends now

Sunday 14 August 2022 08:19 PM Anne Heche to be taken off life support after organ recipients are identified  trends now

Actress Anne Heche will be taken off life support on Sunday after health officials found suitable organ recipients.

Heche, 53, spent a week on life support following an August 5 crash in which she swerved her blue Mini Cooper into a Los Angeles home, and suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and lung damage from smoke inhalation.

She was pronounced brain dead on Friday, one week after the crash, which in California means a person has died, though she was kept on life support to preserve her organs while authorities worked to find people who could use them.

Surgeons are now ready to remove multiple organs, unnamed sources told TMZ on Sunday, though they did not reveal which ones or how many.

As a result, TMZ reports, Heche was scheduled to be taken off of life support on Sunday, more than one week after she stayed in her fiery car for half an hour while 59 firefighters tried to rescue her.

Heche is survived by her sons Homer and Atlas.

Anne Heche, 53, was scheduled to be taken off life support on Sunday after health officials found suitable organ recipients

Anne Heche, 53, was scheduled to be taken off life support on Sunday after health officials found suitable organ recipients

Heche had remained on life support for over a week, after she crashed her blue Mini Cooper into a Los Angeles home, and suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and lung damage from smoke inhalation. She is pictured here being carried out on a stretcher

Heche had remained on life support for over a week, after she crashed her blue Mini Cooper into a Los Angeles home, and suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and lung damage from smoke inhalation. She is pictured here being carried out on a stretcher

Authorities say Heche first crashed into a garage, then sped away from the scene and barreled 90 mph into the two-story home of Lynne Mishele, who sustained serious enough injuries that police opened a felony investigation.

Terrifying video showed the actress driving at high speed, straight into a busy road, moments before the crash.

It took 59 firefighters over an hour to extinguish the blazing house - and half an hour to extract Heche from the fiery car, which exploded in the crash.

A small bottle of vodka was pictured in Heche's car, but preliminary blood tests performed after she was hospitalized did not find alcohol in her system.  

Police sources told TMZ this week that the preliminary blood tests, using blood drawn while Heche was in the hospital, did, however, find cocaine in her system. 

And the tests also turned up fentanyl, but because hospitals also use fentanyl for pain relief, it is currently unclear if it was in her bloodstream during the accident.


The actress turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with the psychological effects of her traumatic childhood, during which she was sexually abused by her secretly gay father who went on to die of AIDS.

By Thursday, Heche's team announced she was 'not expected to survive' the injuries she sustained in the crash, and the very next day, her family released a statement saying she was now considered dead

'Today we lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend.

'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.'

A small bottle of vodka was pictured in Heche's car, but preliminary blood tests performed after she was hospitalized did not find alcohol in her system. It did show, however, that she had cocaine and fentanyl in her system at the time the blood was taken in the hospital

A small bottle of vodka was pictured in Heche's car, but preliminary blood tests performed after she was hospitalized did not find alcohol in her system. It did show, however, that she had cocaine and fentanyl in her system at the time the blood was taken in the hospital

Authorities say Heche barreled into a two-story Mar Vista home at 90mph on August 5

Authorities say Heche barreled into a two-story Mar Vista home at 90mph on August 5

The impact of the crash set off a large blaze, which it took 59 firefighters an hour to extinguish

The impact of the crash set off a large blaze, which it took 59 firefighters an hour to

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