“She was a wonderful actress”: Robert De Niro pays tribute to Anne Heche

Several celebrities pay tribute to American actress Anne Heche, who was pronounced dead on Friday at the age of 53 a week after her car accident in Los Angeles that left her in a coma. Among them, the actor Robert De Niro, who gave him the replica of her in 1997 in the black comedy. men of influence by Barry Levinson.

“I am very saddened to learn of the tragic death of Anne Heche,” the actor said in a statement broadcast by variety. “She was a wonderful actress and I loved working with her.”

The American presenter Ellen DeGeneres, who shared the life of the actress for three years in the late 1990s, also expressed herself on Twitter: “It’s a sad day. I send all my love to Anne’s children, family and friends” .

Tribute to his eldest son

Anne Heche has two children: Atlas, 13, who she had with her ex James Tupper, and Homer, 20, born from a previous union with Coley Laffoon. Her eldest son paid tribute to her in a press release released by People:

“My brother Atlas and I have lost our mother. After six days of unbelievable emotional instability, all I am left with is deep, wordless sadness. I hope that my mother will let go of her grief and begin to discover what I like it”. imagine as the eternal freedom of it “.

Upcoming blood tests

Having lost all her brain function, Anne Heche “has legally died under California law” but her heart continues to beat to facilitate organ donation, her spokeswoman Holly Baird told AFP. The actress had been in a coma since her accident on August 5 when her car crashed into a two-story house, “causing structural damage and a massive fire,” according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire took 65 minutes to be put out by 59 firefighters, according to the same source.

Los Angeles police said in a statement Thursday that they would be conducting blood tests on Anne Heche and that investigators would “take the matter to the appropriate legal authority.” However, the police did not give details about the possible legal consequences.

Preliminary positive drug tests

Local media reported the same day that preliminary tests had come back positive for narcotics. But other tests must be done to ensure that the positive result is not related to medical treatment. According to TMZa publication specializing in celebrity coverage, citing unnamed law enforcement sources, Anne Heche tested positive for cocaine and fentanyl, an ultra-potent and addictive synthetic opiate used in some treatments.

Over a 30-year career, Anne Heche has starred alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood. indignant men of influencewe saw her in Donnie Brasco with Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, 6 days, 7 nights against Harrison Ford or even Psychosisremake of Gus Van Sant’s Hitchcock classic.