Anne Heche

Heche, an Emmy-winning US film and television actress, died of injuries from a car crash last month, aged 53. The actress had been taken off life support at a ...

She recently had recurring roles on the network series Chicago PD and in 2020 was a contestant on Dancing With the Stars. By the late 1990s, Heche was one of the hottest stars in Hollywood, a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films. She also played one of cinema’s most famous murder victims, Marion Crane of Psycho, in Gus Van Sant’s remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic.

The actress died from her injuries nine days after she was involved in a car crash in Los Angeles earlier this month.

She had a son with each. She was declared brain dead on 11 August, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person’s assets.

The eldest son of Anne Heche, Homer Laffoon, submitted the court documents after his mother passed away with no will...

“The Estate consists of two (2) intestate heirs—Homer Heche Laffoon and Atlas Heche Tupper. Atlas Heche Tupper is a minor,” the file reads. She is not expected to survive.” [footage](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11100763/Anne-Heche-crash-upgraded-felony-investigation-actress-legal-trouble.html?ito=social-facebookimage&fbclid=IwAR2edtyvgEcrGsv5JEu9k-VqIhKstUepQ31UvOQZ0z5Ghex78yuLSv8K9T4) shows a woman who has not been identified, looking astonished as the Heche’s Mini Clubman raced past just before 11 am on Friday. He further added: ‘He’s grieving, of course, and it’s rough, it’s really rough s probably anybody can imagine. Some days there are those no good, very bad days,” said Heche. “Dr. [PEOPLE](https://people.com/tv/woman-who-lost-house-anne-heche-car-crash-extremely-fortunate-be-alive-neighbor-says/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=62f02e729fe1e80001c64ff0&fbclid=IwAR2RIesM1tZPehaLkxxExp99bz23eL_8v99KrzJClnp8JwqHkyJ-8DVDjbI) the tenant was “extremely fortunate to have survived the accident.” [TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/08/anne-heche-case-possible-dui-investigators-get-warrant-blood-sample/) reports that Heche “may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.” [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11100763/Anne-Heche-crash-upgraded-felony-investigation-actress-legal-trouble.html?ito=social-facebookimage), Heche was “having a bad day” in the run-up to the accident… [TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2022/08/08/anne-heche-coma-accident-house-fire-accident/) at the time, that Heche was “fighting for her life” in hospital… [PEOPLE](https://people.com/tv/anne-heche-in-coma-hasnt-regained-consciousness-after-crash/) that “she is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When she died, Anne Heche (HAYSH) left behind two sons, but no will. Now her oldest son wants to run his late mom's estate. Homer Laffoon has ...

Anne Heche, one of the most stupendous and biggest film stars of the late 1990s, passed away on August 11, 2022. Anne Celeste Heche, popular American ...

He said that he was involved in a business of gas and oil, and he never ever was involved in the business of gas and oil ever”. Her performance in that film was astounding and she has received many accolades for that brilliant work. Her family’s financial crisis was deeply affecting the welfare of Anne and her siblings. Later she was in a relationship with James Tupper from 2007 to 2018, he was an actor and they both had a son named Atlas Tupper. Anne was in a ventilator for quite long, and doctors confirmed her death after taking her life support. And in the petition it says that since Homer is an adult he has the right to handle his mother’s wealth and since his baby brother is minor, the case does not stand.

Newly obtained fire department radio traffic and records reveal the prolonged effort to rescue Anne Heche after her Mini Cooper crashed into a house in Los ...

She was in a coma, her representative had said. He's pushed up against the floorboard!" Later recordings showed the firefighters saying no other patients were inside the house. When one of the incident commanders asked for further clarification about the driver, they were told there were no further patients. Following Heche's death, her eldest son, Homer Laffoon, 20, has filed court papers to take control of her estate. Her death was ruled an accident.

Records of radio communications between firefighters during the blaze that claimed actor Anne Heche's life have revealed some startling details about her ...

Heche was the winner of a Daytime Emmy Award in 1991 for her roles as identical twin sisters in the NBC soap opera Another World. Heche, who starred in the movies Donnie Brasco, Wag The Dog and I Know What You Did Last Summer, was part of a groundbreaking same-sex couple in the 1990s when she dated comedian and actor Ellen DeGeneres. According to the fire department, Heche crashed her car into a home in Mar Vista, Los Angeles around 10:56 a.m. When paramedics arrived, firefighters at the scene directed them to treat a woman they had found within the home. Heche was transported to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for treatment before being transported to Grossman Burn Center at West Hills Hospital for specialized care. She never regained consciousness after slipping into a coma and her death certificate states that she was pronounced dead on Aug. She was removed from the vehicle around 11:49 a.m., records show. 14 after a [compatible organ recipient was found](https://globalnews.ca/news/9060036/anne-heche-life-support-organ-recipient/). So even if Heche’s presence had been confirmed immediately, firefighters likely wouldn’t have responded differently. Heche was in a coma for a week before being [pronounced brain dead](https://globalnews.ca/news/9056315/anne-heche-dead-car-crash/) and taken off life support on Aug. [Records obtained by NBC Los Angeles](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anne-heche-trapped-in-burning-home-for-45-minutes-mar-vista/2976681/) revealed that firefighters at the scene of the crash were initially confused about whether there was someone in the car that needed saving. [smoke inhalation and burns](https://globalnews.ca/news/9068653/anne-heche-death-accident-car-crash/), according to a coroner’s report that ruled her death an accident.

Anne Heche died due to smoke inhalation and thermal injuries one week after a devastating car crash on Aug. 5.

(Fields clarified to the station that this was in reference to the owner of the home, not Heche.) "I am grateful for their love, as I am for the support of my Dad, Coley, and my stepmom Alexi who continue to be my rock during this time. "Over those six days, thousands of friends, family, and fans made their hearts known to me," he says. Hopefully my mom is free from pain and beginning to explore what I like to imagine as her eternal freedom." [NBC4](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anne-heche-trapped-in-burning-home-for-45-minutes-mar-vista/2976681/) published timestamped audio file recordings of the Los Angeles Fire Department's response to getting the 53-year-old actress to safety after she [crashed her Mini Cooper](https://people.com/movies/anne-heche-critical-condition-after-fiery-car-crash-la-home-reports/) into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood on Aug. The recordings reveal that firefighters couldn't get to Heche's car for at least 20 minutes, and that it took another 20 minutes to pull the vehicle from the fiery home.

Firefighters were unable to begin lifesaving efforts on actor Anne Heche for 45 minutes after she crashed into a home on Aug.

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The Los Angeles Fire Department was unable to get Anne Heche out of the burning home she crashed her car into for 45 minutes, records show.

[Heche died](https://pagesix.com/2022/08/12/anne-heche-dead-at-53-after-car-crash/) on Aug. 11 that Heche had “suffered a severe anoxic brain injury” and that she was [“not expected to survive.”](https://pagesix.com/2022/08/12/anne-heche-not-expected-to-survive-car-crash/) [ kept on life support ](https://nypost.com/2022/08/14/anne-heche-matched-with-organ-recipient-will-be-taken-off-life-support/)to determine whether she was a match. [crashed her Mini Cooper into](https://pagesix.com/2022/08/05/actress-anne-heche-severely-burned-in-fiery-car-crash/) for 45 minutes as it burned, records reveal. While the firefighters believed at 11:18 a.m. According to the recordings, the LAFD arrived at 11:01 a.m.

Anne Heche, who died following a car accident in Los Angeles on Aug. 5, remained trapped in the house in which she crashed her vehicle, records show.

A blood test revealed she [had drugs](https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/anne-heche-blood-test-presence-drugs-car-crash-rcna42720) in her system. [died without a will](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/anne-heche-died-will-20-year-old-son-filed-papers-control-estate-rcna46011) and Laffoon has filed paperwork to control her estate. She was pulled from the vehicle at 11:49 a.m., according to fire department records obtained by NBC Los Angeles. Heche was taken to a hospital and died a week later. The Los Angeles Coroner’s Office says it is continuing its investigation. Shortly after that, dispatchers reported that there was a person trapped in the car. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner ruled she [wound up in a coma](https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/anne-heche-extremely-critical-condition-mar-vista-car-crash-rcna42125) following the accident and [was declared brain-dead](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anne-heche-not-expected-survive-family-says-rcna42152) on Aug 11. Heche’s son Homer Laffoon, 20, declined comment in an email. [died from inhalation and thermal injuries](https://www.today.com/popculture/popculture/coroner-rules-anne-heches-cause-death-accident-inhalation-thermal-inju-rcna43625). Heche was alive at the time, and firefighters used a tow truck to pull her car out of the wreckage while the actor remained inside. [obtained by the station](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anne-heche-trapped-in-burning-home-for-45-minutes-mar-vista/2976681/) under the California Public Records Act, showed firefighters were unable to get to the car for at least 20 minutes after arriving, and it took at least another 20 minutes to pull the car out of the burning home and remove Heche.

Fire department records showed that Anne Heche was trapped for nearly an hour in the burning home she crashed her car into — read more.

She was also the mother of son Atlas, 13, whom she shared with ex [James Tupper](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/james-tupper-emily-bergl-slam-rumors-anne-heche-was-crazy/). Heche shared Homer, 20, with ex-husband [Coleman “Coley” Laffoon](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heches-ex-coleman-laffoon-shares-emotional-tribute-video/). [the Wag the Dog actress died without a will](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heche-died-without-a-will-son-requests-to-be-charge-of-estate/). The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner later confirmed that the Volcano star [died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anne-heches-cause-of-death-revealed-details/). “The Estate consists of two (2) intestate heirs — Homer Heche Laffoon and Atlas Heche Tupper. “Heavy smoke conditions, heavy fire conditions, which makes it very difficult for us to just see each other on the inside of a working structure fire.”

LA Fire Department records and radio communications indicate that it took rescuers 20 minutes to locate Anne Heche inside her burning car, and another 25 ...

Heche was finally taken out of the car at 11:49 a.m. He’s also petitioning the court to name him a guardian over his 13-year-old brother, Atlas. — five minutes after Heche lost control of her car and plowed into the private home. Her eldest son, 20-year-old Homer Laffoon, on Wednesday filed documents seeking to take control of his mother’s estate. After determining Heche was alive, firefighters brought in a tow truck to pull her Mini Cooper — with the actress still inside — out of the home. [obtained by NBC Los Angeles ](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anne-heche-trapped-in-burning-home-for-45-minutes-mar-vista/2976681/)showed it took firefighters 25 minutes to locate Heche trapped inside her mangled car in the inferno — and another 20 minutes to pull her to safety.

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[Sarah Michelle Gellar](https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/profiles/overview/sarah-michelle-gellar-396.article) wouldn't last. [Wild fashion](https://www.wonderwall.com/style/fashion/timothee-chalamet-wildest-most-playful-fashion-style-moments-494943.gallery) [Adele](https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/profiles/overview/adele-645.article) revealed that she slipped a disc in her back last year after her then 8-year-old son tried to scare her as she walked out of the bathroom. [Adele](https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/profiles/overview/adele-645.article) has now healed and is preparing to launch her long-delayed Las Vegas residency show. "She will not forget," he said, referring to his wife. The prank, which happened in January 2021, left the singer with a slipped L6 disc, located near the tailbone, [Elle Magazine reported](https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a40803238/adele-interview-elle-september-cover-2022/). [Britney Spears](https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/profiles/overview/britney-spears-246.article) and her sons, Sean Preston, 16, and Jayden, 15, seems to be growing. When she gets better I really want to see her again," he said. "I think mom has struggled giving us both attention and showing us equal love and I don't think she showed enough to Preston and I feel really bad for that," Jayden said. "Heavy smoke conditions, heavy fire conditions, which makes it very difficult for us to just see each other on the inside of a working structure fire." "Here's to beautiful new beginnings. Then, it took 20 to get her out of the car.

Actor Anne Heche died without a will, and her 20-year-old son has filed court papers to control her estate.

She had a son with each. She was declared brain dead on August 11, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person's assets.

The official coroner's report disclosed that the late actress died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries a week later on Aug. 12.

12](https://ew.com/celebrity/anne-heche-dead-53-crash-obituary/). A coroner's report revealed that [Heche died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries](https://ew.com/celebrity/anne-heche-cause-death-smoke-inhalation-thermal-injuries/). She was [in a coma](https://ew.com/celebrity/anne-heche-coma-critical-condition-after-car-crash/) from Aug. Heche was pulled from the wreckage using heavy towing equipment around 11:49 a.m before being loaded into an ambulance for treatment. local time, with one firefighter discovering "a person stuck inside the vehicle," per the outlet. "Given the heavy fire and smoke conditions, it wasn't that you could clearly see into the vehicle or clearly be able to access it," LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields told NBC4.

Firefighters battled flames and smoke to extract Hollywood actor after her car crashed into building in Los Angeles last month.

The car and the house burst into flames. She was injured when her car jumped a curb and smashed into a west Los Angeles house on 5 August. [died](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/17/anne-heche-death-ruled-accidental) from inhalation injury and burns, having also sustained a broken sternum in the crash, and the death was ruled an accident, according to coroner’s results released a few days after she was [taken off life support](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/15/anne-heche-peacefully-taken-off-life-support-after-death-announcement) in hospital.

Anne Heche's son has filed a motion to gain control over his late mother's estate after the actress died without a will in place.

"Heavy smoke conditions, heavy fire conditions, which makes it very difficult for us to just see each other on the inside of a working structure fire." The petition lists Homer and his brother Atlas Tupper, 13, as the heirs to Heche's fortune. [ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/anne-heche-died-son-files-control-estate-89191603), Homer Laffoon, 20, has filed court papers to gain control over his late mother's estate as the actress died without a will in place.

Heche's son with her ex-husband files a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court requesting that he be allowed to administer her estate.

She had a son with each. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person’s assets. On Aug.

The actress was pronounced 'brain dead' on Aug. 12 and 'peacefully' taken off life support two days later.

At the beginning of the call, it's not immediately clear if the caller knew Heche was in the vehicle at the time of the crash. 12 and was "peacefully" [taken off life support](https://www.etonline.com/anne-heche-taken-off-life-support-peacefully-set-to-donate-organs-189070) two days later so that her organs could be donated. According to the recordings, Heche was finally pulled out of the charred rubble at around 11:49 a.m. She died as a result of [smoke inhalation](https://www.etonline.com/anne-heches-official-cause-of-death-revealed-189026) and thermal injuries, the LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office confirmed to ET. Fields told NBC4 that even if firefighters had spotted Heche immediately upon arrival, it is unlikely firefighters would have responded any differently. Once inside the home, firefighters treated a woman in the home, who turned out to be the tenant, and not Heche. "Our firefighters were doing everything." According to the news station, "heavy fire and smoke conditions" made it impossible to determine whether someone was trapped inside the vehicle. "Let me clear this up, so -- you do have a patient in the car?" But, as more neighbors moved into the wreckage to help, the severity of the situation became clear. [Anne Heche's Son Homer Files Petition to Be in Charge of Her Estate](https://www.etonline.com/anne-heches-son-homer-files-petition-to-be-in-charge-of-her-estate-after-death-without-will-190130) [Anne Heche Dead at 53: A Timeline of Her Fatal Car Crash](https://www.etonline.com/anne-heche-dead-at-53-official-cause-of-death-ruled-a-timeline-of-her-fatal-car-crash-188785) [Anne Heche 911 Call Captures Frightening Moments After Her Crash](https://www.etonline.com/anne-heche-911-call-captures-frightening-moments-after-her-crash-189287) [Anne Heche Taken Off Life Support 'Peacefully,' Set to Donate Organs](https://www.etonline.com/anne-heche-taken-off-life-support-peacefully-set-to-donate-organs-189070) [Anne Heche's Car Crash No Longer Under Investigation, LAPD Says](https://www.etonline.com/anne-heches-car-crash-no-longer-under-investigation-lapd-says-189060) [Anne Heche Dead: Tenant of Home That Was Destroyed in Crash Speaks Out](https://www.etonline.com/anne-heche-dead-tenant-of-home-that-was-destroyed-in-crash-speaks-out-189040) [Anne Heche Dead at 53 After Car Crash in Los Angeles](https://www.etonline.com/anne-heche-brain-dead-at-53-after-car-crash-in-los-angeles-188666) Anne Heche Crash: 911 Call Released Following Fatal Car Crash

The recording showed initial confusion about how many people were at the scene of the crash.

Anne Heche was trapped in the Los Angeles home she crashed her Mini Cooper into for 45 minutes as it burned, records reveal.

American actress Anne Heche was reportedly trapped inside the fiery wreckage of her car for almost 40 minutes after she crashed it into a Los Angeles ...

Anne Heche was not rescued immediately after her car slammed into an L.A. home and caught the house on fire -- not even close -- it took the fire dept.

New audio files from the Los Angeles Fire Department reveal that actor Anne Heche was trapped in her car for nearly an hour before being rescued.

on Aug. Heche’s car was towed out of the home and she was retrieved from the vehicle at 11:49 a.m. “Given the heavy fire and smoke conditions, it wasn’t that you could clearly see into the vehicle or clearly be able to access it,” Fields told KNBC. She was also seen speeding on another street in the West Los Angeles neighborhood and had purchased a wig at a hair salon in Venice. Fifty-nine firefighters rushed to the scene and contained and extinguished the fire in 65 minutes. 5, Heche was hospitalized with severe burns after crashing her car into the home in L.A.’s Mar Vista neighborhood and causing it to catch fire.

Anne Heche recently died following multiple car collisions, one of which created a house fire.

[Heche's cremated remains were buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/anne-heches-son-explains-the-reasoning-behind-her-final-resting-place) on August 23, and the [Hollywood community sent their love following Heche's death](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/lapd-ends-investigation-into-anne-heche-house-crash-while-stars-pay-tribute-to-the-actress-after-her-death). [Heche had no will](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/anne-heche-died-with-no-will-whats-going-on-with-her-estate), Homer recently filed documents to be named the administrator of her estate and to be named the guardian of his younger brother. Apparently, the actress was found collapsed below the front seats of her vehicle. However, Heche was not found until 24 minutes later, and first-responders were not able to pull her from the wreckage until 11:49 a.m. According to official records and time-stamped recordings of radio communications, the Los Angeles Fire Department arrived to the scene at 11:01 a.m. It was reported that Anne Heche was involved in multiple collisions, in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, the final one destroying a house and setting off the house fire.