CNN
–
The cause of death of the actress ann heck It was a Wednesday accident before Los Angeles County Department of Forensic Examiner.
Heche’s car crashed into a house in Los Angeles and caught fire on August 5. After the accident, Heche suffered a “severe brain injury due to hypoxia,” which deprived her brain of oxygen, among other serious injuries that followed the accident, her family and friends said in a statement to CNN.
She died Sunday after her life support devices were removed, according to her family representative.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Christopher Polk/NBC/Getty Images
Actress Anne Heck in a 2015 portrait.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Courtesy Everett Group
Heche, seen here in 1990 with Russell Todd, won a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in the TV series Another World. She played the twins Vicki Hudson and Marley Love.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Zenith Broads / Kopal / Shutterstock
Heche, right, appears with Katherine Keener in the 1996 movie “Walking and Talking.”
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Chris Pizzello/AFP
Heche, left, holds the hand of comedian Ellen DeGeneres at the world premiere of “Face/Off” in 1997. The two dated for several years.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Holton Archive/Getty Images
Heche starred with Tommy Lee Jones in the 1997 movie “Volcano”.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Mandalay / Baltimore / Kopal / Shutterstock
Heck and Johnny Depp in a scene from the 1997 movie Donnie Brasco.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Holton Archive/Getty Images
Heche appeared with Robert De Niro in 1998’s “Wag the Dog”.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Moviestore / shutterstock
Heche and Vince Vaughn in 1998’s “Psycho”.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Moviestore / shutterstock
Heche starred with Harrison Ford in the 1998 film Six Days, Seven Nights.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Denny Keeler/Holton Archive/Getty Images
Heche signs a fan’s hat at the Get Real premiere in 1999.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Holton Archive/Getty Images
Heche, right, directs Sharon Stone in a segment from the 2000 movie If These Walls Could Talk 2. DeGeneres, center, was also in the movie.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Steve Granitz / WireImage / Getty Images
From left, Stone, Michelle Williams and Hitch received the Lucy Awards given in 2000 to the creators and actors of “If These Walls Could Talk” and “If These Walls Could Talk 2”.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Getty Images
Heche married Coley Laffoon in 2001. They had a son together, Homer, before divorcing in 2009.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Theo Wargo/WireImage/Getty Images
Heche and Laffoon walk with their son in 2002.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Chris Weeks/FilmMagic/Getty Images
Heche attends the 2003 premiere of “American Splendor” in Los Angeles.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Michael Buckner / Getty Images
Heche and boyfriend James Tupper arrived at an Emmy Awards reception in 2010. They had their son Atlas.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Michael Caulfield/WireImage/Getty Images
Heche and actress Conchata Ferrell perform at a theater in Santa Monica, California, during cancer treatment in 2010.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Vivian Zink/NBC/Getty Images
Heche, center, appears in an episode of “Save Me” in 2013.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Eric Leibowitz/NBC/Getty Images
Heche and Juliette Goglia work with Michael J. Fox on the 2013 episode of “The Michael J. Fox Show.”
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Phillipe Bosse / Disney General Entertainment Content / Getty Images
Heche in the 2015 episode of “Quantico”.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Patrick Randak/NBC/Getty Images
Heche poses for a photo with her son Homer in 2017.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Nicholas Hunt / Getty Images
Heche bows with other actors during a curtain call to read the “Twentieth Century” concert in 2019. Earlier in her career, Heche appeared in a Broadway play and was nominated for a Tony Award.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Eric McCandless/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images
Heche dances with Keo Motsepe in the TV competition “Dancing with the Stars” in 2020.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Eric Foak/CBS/Getty Images
Heche appears in an episode of “All Rise” in 2021.
Pictures and colon; Actress Anne Heck
Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic / Getty Images
Heche attends the Directors Guild of America Awards in March.
The coroner stated that the cause of death was inhalation and thermal injury. According to the report published online, other “significant circumstances” in her death included “a slit fracture due to blunt trauma.”
The report says Heche’s body has since been released from the coroner’s office.
CNN has reached out to Heche’s representatives for comment.
Heche was an award-winning actress who made her television debut in 1987 in the television series “Another worldThe role for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award. After leaving the show, she began her film career, appearing in famous films such as “Donnie Brasco” And the “shake the dog. ”
Heche has also appeared in films such as 1998’s.sociological patient“remake and rom-com”Six days and seven nights“Together with Harrison Ford. She also directed a part of the 2000 HBO movie”If these walls could talk 2In her 2001 memoir, she revealed her ongoing struggle with mental illness after her father abused her.
“Freelance entrepreneur. Communicator. Gamer. Explorer. Pop culture practitioner.”
More Stories
The Gen Z pop star launched Harris’ campaign. Puerto Rican musicians might just get it over the finish line
Menendez resents suspicion as prosecutor seeks clemency from Newsom
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo look forward to the Oscars