TMZ later reported that she was brain-dead, which is legally considered dead in California. A rep for Heche confirmed to TheWrap that she had no brain function Friday, but had no update as to whether she was still on life support.Upon the announcement that Heche was brain dead, her son Homer posted a heartbreaking tribute to his mom, writing, “After six days of almost unbelievable emotional swings, I am left with a deep, wordless sadness.
Hopefully my mom is free from pain and beginning to explore what I like to imagine as her eternal freedom.”Condolences immediately began to pour in, as she was being remembered by Ellen DeGeneres, Alec Baldwin, James Tupper and many, many others.A donor was found and, on Sunday, Aug.
14, she was taken off life support.Heche broke into acting when she was scouted for the soap opera “Another World” in which she played twins Marley and Vicky Hudson.
Heche portrayed the identical twins’ very different personalities well enough to earn a Daytime Emmy Award in 1991. She later moved into film with a debut in 1993’s “Ambush of Ghosts” followed by roles in “Donnie Brasco” (1997) alongside Johnny Depp.
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