Anne Heche dies of crash injuries after life support removed

Anne Heche dies of crash injuries after life support removed

FILE - Ann Heche poses for a photo at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, Dec. 11, 2003 to promote her Lifetime movie "Gracie's Choice." Heche, who first came to prominence on the NBC soap opera “Another World” in the late 1980s before becoming one of the hottest stars in Hollywood in the late 1990s, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, nine days after she was injured in a fiery car crash. She was 53. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Anne Heche has died, nine days after she was injured in a fiery car crash. She was 53. Spokeswoman Holly Baird said Sunday night that Heche “been peacefully taken off life support.” She had been on life support after suffering burns and a major brain injury when her car crashed into a home. Heche first came to prominence on the NBC soap opera “Another World” in the late 1980s before becoming one of the hottest stars in Hollywood in the late 1990s. She was a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films opposite actors including Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford.

Photo: (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)