Anne Heche will be taken off life support and receive an Honor Walk for her organ donation on Sunday, August 14, Us Weekly confirms.The late actress has been on life support to keep her heart beating since Friday, August 12, when she was declared legally dead at age 53 due to the absence of brain activity.
However, her body was kept on life support while her organs were evaluated for donation.Heche’s life support will be turned off as organs will be harvested for donation on Sunday, August 12, a representative for the Donnie Brasco star confirms, and tribute will be paid to Heche with a ceremony called an Honor Walk.Just before the organs are procured for donation, hospital staff quietly line the path from the donor’s hospital room to the operating room, paying their respects to the donor for giving others a life-changing gift.
Medical facilities typically ask the family for consent before performing an Honor Walk, and the next of kin often accompany their lost loved one on the way to the OR.Heche died after a car crash on Friday, August 5, left her with severe burns and head trauma.The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to Us on August 5 that the driver — who they did not identify initially — was allegedly speeding while traveling eastbound on Preston Way in Los Angeles.
The blue Mini Cooper ran off the road when it went through the intersection of Preston and Walgrove and collided with a two-story house.The vehicle was engulfed in flames, and Heche received severe burns.
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