Update:Natasha Richardson has died.
An autopsy confirmed the death was a result of blunt head trauma received from her ski accident.
The cause of death was epidural hematoma which is bleeding between the skull and the brain's covering.
Richardson was not wearing a helmet and the death was ruled an accident.
Update:
News is surfacing that the actress Natasha Richardson was brain dead when she arrived in New York Tuesday night.
On Wednesday, the family made the decision to remove her from respirators and all life support.
With husband Liam Neeson by her side, the 45-year-old Richardson was moved to Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on Tuesday, a day after injuring her head in a skiing accident in Montreal.
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Natasha Richardson, wife of actor Liam Neeson, was involved in a skiing accident that has left her in critical condition in a Montreal hospital.
The actress suffered severe head trauma, but the extent of her injuries are not yet known. The accident occurred on Monday at the Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec.
Neeson and Richardson were married in 1994 and have two sons, Micheál Richard Antonio, 13, and Daniel Jack, 12
The actress was last seen in 2008 playing Mrs. Kingsley in the romantic comedy "Wild Child", the story of a rebellious Malibu princess who is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father.
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