American actress Anne Heche died this Friday at the age of 53 from a severe brain injury caused by a traffic accident last week.
TMZ noted that Heche is considered dead under California law but is still connected to life support to preserve organs for donation. The regulations state that "an individual who has suffered the irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brainstem, is dead."
In a statement, the family said: "We have lost a bright light, a kind and very . . .
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