Natasha Richardson has passed.

March 18, 2009 5:20 PM

CNN now reporting. Natasha Richardson has officially passed.

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posted by Lacking Subtlety (15 comments total)

Possibly not FPP-worthy, but all the same:

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posted by orrnyereg at 5:22 PM on March 18

Lacking subtlety, indeed.
posted by dhammond at 5:23 PM on March 18 [2 favorites]

Possibly not FPP-worthy, but all the same:

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posted by orrnyereg at 5:22 PM on March 18 [+] [!]


Noting some context to the post. There was an earlier thread that posted some reports prior to the family statement and was thus deleted. The brevity of the post itself is meant more as a conclusion to that. Also, she was truly a great actress.
posted by Lacking Subtlety at 5:25 PM on March 18 [1 favorite]

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posted by jeanmari at 5:25 PM on March 18

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posted by CitizenD at 5:28 PM on March 18

No, fuck this. I want a serious post about her incredible career as an actress, the storied history of the Redgrave dynasty, and maybe a little information and statistics on talk-and-die syndrome and sports helmet usage.

So go make that post, because I'm flagging the shit out of this one. She deserves better.
posted by padraigin at 5:29 PM on March 18 [5 favorites]

I have a distance acquaintance who died while skiing under pretty normal circumstances recently (no Warren Miller stuff). When did skiing get so dangerous? RIP.
posted by GuyZero at 5:30 PM on March 18

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posted by sarcasticah at 5:31 PM on March 18

Jesus. And all this time I was thinking they were overplaying this little fall on the ski hill. So sad.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:32 PM on March 18

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She was great in The Handmaid's Tale

Two teenaged sons. Everyone involved deserves better than this.
posted by PlusDistance at 5:33 PM on March 18

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posted by christhelongtimelurker at 5:34 PM on March 18

Yeah, what? Single link post to a death announcement? This smacks of a ghoulish attempt at "firsties". Obitfilter without context is gross.
posted by arcanecrowbar at 5:35 PM on March 18 [1 favorite]

After all the speculation in the news media, someone should have taken the time to craft a better post than this. This is the very definition of "I wanna be first to make an obit thread", LackingSubtlety. Natasha Richardson deserved better.
posted by crossoverman at 5:37 PM on March 18

If only we had someplace to make meta comments about posts.
posted by found missing at 5:39 PM on March 18 [2 favorites]

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posted by roomthreeseventeen at 5:39 PM on March 18