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0 Her sister Natasha died aged 45 in NYC on 18 March 2009, from an epidural hematoma after a skiing accident in Quebec, Canada.
And during the festive period, Joely Richardson, 57, shared a stunning image of her late sister with her widower Liam Neeson, 70, after her phone offered it as a memory.
The Patriot actress took to Instagram where she posted the beautiful black and white photograph and revealed how it made her ‘smile broadly’ when she first came upon it by chance three years ago.
‘Tash in all her glory!’ During the festive period, Joely Richardson, 57, shared a stunning image of her late sister Natasha with widower Liam Neeson, 70, after her phone offered the memory
Joely wrote alongside the snap: ‘A few years ago I was in a hotel in Dublin and really missing my sister Natasha.
‘Passing through the lobby on a screen this picture came up as ‘previous guests’- I smiled broadly. My phone just sent it to me as a memory. Tash in all her glory.’
Eight months after Natasha’s shock death, Joely told Tatler: ‘I hadn’t lived a day in my life without her. You worry about your children and your elders, but I never imagined such a thing as this. Tash was a given to me.
‘The shock shatters you on a cellular level, and it takes time for the pieces to come back together, albeit in a different formation.’
Reminiscing: The Patriot actress took to Instagram where she revealed how the photograph had made her ‘smile broadly’ when she first came upon it by chance three years ago
Heartbroken: Eight months after Natasha’s shock death, Joely told Tatler: ‘I hadn’t lived a day in my life without her… The shock shatters you on a cellular level’ (Pictured together in 1988)
Natasha died at the age of 45 from an epidural hematoma (bleeding around the brain) two days after hitting her head during a beginner’s skiing lesson in Quebec, Canada, in 2009.
Speaking to CBS’s Anderson Cooper in 2014 about the loss of his wife, Liam Neeson recalled arriving at the hospital and being told by doctors that she was brain dead after her accident.
He said: ‘She was on life support… I went in to her and I told her I loved her. I said, “Sweetie, you’re not coming back from this, you’ve banged your head.”
‘She and I had made a pact, if any of us got into a vegetative state that we’d pull the plug. That was my immediate thought, “Okay, these tubes have to go. She’s gone”.’
Liam and Maid In Manhattan star Natasha married 1994 and shared two sons, actor Micheál, 27, and fashion designer Daniel, 26.
Heartbroken: Neeson’s late wife Natasha Richardson died aged 45 after hitting her head during a beginner’s skiing lesson in Quebec, Canada, in 2009 (Pictured together in 2008)
Liam has rarely spoken out about his love life since the loss of his wife, but ended a two-year relationship with British publicist Freya St Johnston in 2012.
An insider told MailOnline at the time: ‘He told her he wanted to spend more time in New York and that he really wants to make more time for his children.
‘Freya wants something more serious, but Liam feels it is too soon. His wife only died three years ago, he wants to take things slow.’
Former flame: Neeson has rarely spoken out about his love life since the loss of his wife, but ended a two-year relationship with British publicist Freya St Johnston in 2012 (pictured 2011)
Source: | Dailymail.co.uk
