Nearly10 years have passedsince actressNatasha Richardsondied suddenly after atragic ski accident. And her family still feels the heartbreak.
“Time does not heal; that would seem to me to say that suddenly it’s okay, and it’s not,” Richardson’s mother, acting legendVanessa Redgrave, 81, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “It never becomes OK.”
Her younger daughter and fellow actress Joely Richardson — with whom Redgrave stars in a newmovie adaptation ofThe Aspern Papers— alsoopens up about the loss.
“You are different. You aren’t stronger or weaker,” Joely, 54, says. “Just different—changed. What we have done well as a family is that in honoring and supporting one another, we reformed to become a strong, loving unit.”RELATED VIDEO: Vanessa Redgrave Teams Up With Daughter Joely Richardson in New FilmThe Aspern Papers
Natasha, who was 45 and had two children with her husband Liam Neeson, died of trauma to the head in March 2009 after what initially seemed to be a minor fall on a beginner ski slope in Quebec. Redgrave says that the loss gave her and her family new appreciation for their lives and the people in them.
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Redgrave and Joely Richardson in London in 2017.
“In my case, I treasure my family much, much more because you realize that the difference being alive and dead is the difference of a little fingernail,” she says. “I think that makes you more aware and more caring.”
The Aspern Papers, also starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, is out now.
source: people.com
