Natasha Richardson’s Family Remembers Her On What Would Have Been Her 62nd Birthday

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Baila Eve ZismanMay 15, 2025, 3:57 pmNews >

Natasha Richardson’s mother, Vanessa Redgrave, revealed that she will never get over the tragedy of her daughter’s death.

The Parent Trap actress died at the age of 45 after suffering bleeding in the brain, otherwise known as an epidural hematoma. She was in a skiing accident that resulted in a brain injury on March 16, 2009, while at the Mont Tremblant resort in Canada. The injury was initially not considered serious, and Richardson declined medical attention immediately following the accident. However, within a few hours, she started to experience a severe headache and was quickly rushed to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. She died two days later.

On Sunday, what would have been Richardson’s 62nd birthday, her sister, Joely Richardson, shared a tribute post to Instagram, writing, “Today would have been my sister Tasha’s birthday. I asked my Ma if she’s like to say anything. This is what she dictated to me.”

Alongside three photos of Joely, Redgrave and Richardson, Joely shared her mother’s message:

“We were in Greece. We sat drinking our coffees in Constitution Square. Tony said if the baby was a boy we should call him Tom. I said if she was a girl I would like her to be called Natasha after Tolstoy‘s War and Peace. Our Natasha, as yes she was a girl, came swimming out of my womb ready for anything.

“I can’t believe that she isn’t swimming somewhere now, in one of the pools or seas we explored. I will never be reconciled to her dying in the snow, and I’m sure that every mother who has lost a child will have that pain always.”

At the time of her death, Richardson was married to actor Liam Neeson for almost 15 years, and the couple shared two sons together, Micheál, 29, and Daniel, 28. In an interview with People last year, Neeson remembered the accident: “It was a horrible thing to happen.”