Actress Natasha Richardson Dies After Head Injury While Skiing. Natasha Richardson, the Tony Award-winning British actress, died Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan where she had been transported from SacrÃ© Coeur Hospital in Montreal. Richardson received head trauma in a fall in a beginners' area known as the flats at Mont Tremblant, Canada Monday.
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