By Iain Blair

Natasha Richardson’s skiing accident and death was so tragic. I interviewed her several times over the years and she always was charming and fun to be around. She leaves behind a legacy of great performances on stage and in movies. Coincidentally, when I was in the Rocky Horror Show in London in the ‘70s, her mother Vanessa used to hang out backstage a lot, and then later when I moved to the U.S. and California, it turned out that Lynn Redgrave was our neighbor in Topanga. I’d often run into her on the trails hiking, before her marriage ended in a very nasty divorce and she moved back to England. What a terrible loss for the whole family…

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