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<\/p>\nThe Fourth of July is one of America\u2019s biggest holidays, with celebrations these days including fireworks and parades across the USA.<\/p>\n
But while many people excitedly plan a day full of fun and festivities, actor Liam Neeson only feels loss, pain and sorrow leading up to what should be a spectacular holiday.<\/p>\n
July 3 is Liam and wife Natasha Richardson\u2019s wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n
Long before tragedy ended their 16-year marriage, Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson shared the kind of love that inspired the Hollywood movies and productions they starred in.<\/p>\n
Liam Neeson will never forget the good times he shared with his late wife. The Northern Ireland-born actor dated Brooke Shields for a short while before meeting his wife, actress Natasha Richardson.<\/p>\n
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In 1993, the two worked together on the Broadway show Anna Christie, and just as with Mirren, it didn\u2019t take long before they fell for each other.<\/p>\n
The couple\u2019s story began when the two performed opposite each other in Anna Christie on Broadway in 1993.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d never had that kind of explosive chemistry situation with an actor or actress,\u201d he said. \u201cWe just had this wonderful kind of dance-free dance on stage every night. She and I were like [Fred] Astaire and [Ginger] Rogers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Natasha was 29 at the time, and married to producer Robert Fox. That wasn\u2019t enough to stop the romance from blossoming between her and Liam, though. Her marriage was falling apart, and at the same time, she \u201cfell very much in love\u201d with Liam.<\/p>\n
Their chemistry was obvious for everyone present. Luckily for Liam, who was 40 at the time, Natasha\u2019s marriage to Robert was already coming to an end.<\/p>\n
When Natasha celebrated her 30th birthday, Liam decided to send her a card from the set of Schindler\u2019s List.<\/p>\n
\u201dYou\u2019re catching up with me. Lots of love, Oskar.\u201d (Liam played Oskar Schindler in the film.)<\/p>\n
But Natasha didn\u2019t find the message as romantic as intended. Instead, she decided it was time to be upfront.<\/p>\n
She responded by saying: \u201dThis is like a letter from a buddy. What is our relationship?\u201d<\/p>\n
Right then and there, Liam knew he had fallen in love with her.<\/p>\n
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\u201dThat was when I knew I really loved this person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201dI thought, \u2018This is real and genuine and is something that has to be protected.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Not long after, in the summer of 1994, the two were married on a farm in upstate New York.<\/p>\n
In 2018, the 63-year-old Taken actor recently appeared on My Favorite Song with John Benjamin Hickey on SiriusXM channel, when he recalled a super sweet moment from his 1994 wedding to Richardson.<\/p>\n
Neeson revealed that their wedding song was Van Morrison\u2019s \u201cCrazy Love.\u201d<\/p>\n
They had two sons together: Michael born in 1995, followed by Daniel in 1996.<\/p>\n
Tragically, Natasha passed away in 2009 at age 45, following a skiing accident in Quebec.<\/p>\n
Natasha was taking private skiing lessons in the Mont Tremblant resort when she fell on a beginner\u2019s slope. As Richardson was skiing near Montreal, she fell and took a blow to the head. She was not wearing a helmet.<\/p>\n
In the beginning, no one, including Richardson, thought it was severe.<\/p>\n
The actress felt okay and against her instructor\u2019s will, she decided to go ahead with her skiing lesson. After a while, the instructor called a ski patrol and wanted medical assistance and an ambulance. But Natalie refused.<\/p>\n
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However, Natalie and the ski instructor returned to her luxurious Hotel Quintessence room and did checkups to ensure she was okay.<\/p>\n
Later, it was revealed that the paramedics who came to the room were turned away. They again recommended she should be seen by a doctor.<\/p>\n
Approximately an hour after the incident Mrs. Richardson was not feeling good. An ambulance was called and Mrs. Richardson was brought to the Centre Hospitalier Laurentien in Ste-Agathe and was later transferred to H\u00f4pital du Sacre-Coeur\u201d.<\/p>\n
It turned out that she had suffered serious trauma and it turned out that the impact had left her brain \u201csquashed up against the sided of her skull.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was told she was brain dead. She was on life support and stuff,\u201d Neeson recalled. \u201cAnd I went in\u2026 and told her I loved her. I said, \u2018Sweetie, you\u2019re not coming back from this. You\u2019ve banged your head. It\u2019s \u2013 I don\u2019t know if you can hear me, but that\u2019s \u2013 this is what\u2019s gone down.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
In the end, Neeson understood that he had to remove her from life support. On 60 Minutes, he explained that the two had \u201cmade a pact\u201d that if either one of them got into a \u201cvegetative state,\u201d they were to \u201cpull the plug.\u201d<\/p>\n
Natasha passed away on March 18, 2009. But one comforting thing for Neeson was finding her wife\u2019s organ donor status. He said that her heart, liver, and kidneys went to people in need.<\/p>\n
For five years following her tragic death, grief-stricken Liam kept silent, finally opening up in a 2014 episode of 60 Minutes.<\/p>\n
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\u201dI went in to her and I told her I loved her\u2026\u201d
\nHe went on to tell Anderson Cooper that he hadn\u2019t understood the seriousness of Natasha\u2019s accident.<\/p>\n
Liam recalled arriving at the hospital. \u201dShe was on life support\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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