Actress Anne Heche

She was pronounced legally dead on Friday following horrific car crash.

“Today we lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend,” a rep for Heche told People in a statement on behalf of her family and friends. As reported by People, a match was found over the weekend, and Heche was removed from life support on Sunday evening. Heche was legally pronounced dead on Friday, August 12, but was kept on life support through Sunday while medical staff found an organ match.

After a week of tragic news, a silver lining can be found in the death of Anne Heche. Her organs will go to a needed recipient.

Cocaine was found in the actress’s bloodstream, as was fentanyl, but it’s unclear of the latter was given to her in the hospital as part of her pain treatment. Support for Anne Heche flowed over social media in the days following her accident. Heche has been generating daily news coverage since she crashed her automobile twice in Los Angeles. The first time, Heche drove into the garage of an apartment complex.

The actress was declared dead last week but kept on life support until a suitable person was found.

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Lynne Mishele posted a video message reacting to the death of Anne Heche. Her Mar Vista home was destroyed by the car crash that killed the actress.

Her family issued the following statement to Insider on Friday emphasizing her kindness, courage, and generosity. Her home, located in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, suffered "structural compromise" in the fire caused by the crash, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. "The news of Anne Heche passing is devastating.

Heche had sustained burns and a severe anoxic brain injury on August 5 when she crashed her car into a two-story home in the Mar Vista neighbourhood of Los ...

We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages. “As of today, there will be no further investigative efforts made in this case. Heche was alone in the car.

On Friday, the 53-year-old was legally declared dead after suffering a "severe anoxic brain injury" while crashing her car into a house in LA. She had been ...

"The news of Anne Heche passing is devastating," posted Mishele online. "This entire situation is just tragic and there really are just no words," she added. In a statement, Heche's spokesperson Holly Baird said the actress was "peacefully taken off life support" after a compatible person was found to receive her donated organs,

Los Angeles: Hollywood actor Anne Heche has been taken off life support, two days after she was declared legally dead from brain injuries sustained in a car ...

The violent car collision involving Heche earlier this month destroyed much of a two-story house in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. Dozens of firefighters battled the ensuing blaze for more than an hour. Los Angeles: Hollywood actor Anne Heche has been taken off life support, two days after she was declared legally dead from brain injuries sustained in a car crash in Los Angeles, her spokeswoman said. Heche, known for 1990s movies "Donnie Brasco" and "Six Days, Seven Nights" as well as a relationship with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, had been comatose since driving her car into a building on August 5.

Anne began acting in soap operas, specifically in "Another World," a series where she played two characters who were twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love. She ...

"The ability for her to be able to pull off ... I've seen her in 'Hannah Montana,'" Heche told the interviewer. "Kristen Bell gave me my second Emmy nomination," Heche elaborated. "I've already thought about it.

Journalists were forced to confront a legal, even philosophical question after Heche lost brain activity but remained technically alive: When is someone ...

A person close to the Heche family, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive conversations, was sympathetic to the reporters. As a result, some news organizations stockpile hundreds of “advancers”— pre-written obits on well-known people that can be published within minutes of a confirmed death. Managers for “Leave It to Beaver” co-star Tony Dow had to withdraw a premature Facebook post announcing his death last month after his wife mistakenly told them the gravely ill actor had been declared dead. There’s a long history of premature reporting about the demise of famous people, stretching back decades. “It was a complicated situation when you’re keeping a body alive to harvest the organs. The Post’s obituaries editor, Adam Bernstein, said the newspaper doesn’t recognize brain death as a clear marker of death. She said the newspaper’s reporters “confirmed” with family members that she had died. The publication published a follow-up story Sunday night reporting that she had been taken off life support, ending all signs of life. When Heche’s publicist confirmed that she had been taken off life support late Sunday night, news organizations published a new round of news stories reporting her death. Heche’s Wikipedia page underwent a flurry of revisions as users debated her status, changing her death date before deleting it altogether at one point. It’s not the first time that a celebrity’s passing was accompanied by public confusion. “An individual who has sustained … irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead,” reads the statute.

The late actress gushed over seeing a reflection of herself in one of her former on-screen daughters.

In the week following her accident and death, Heche was flooded with tributes from her former co-stars, friends and Tupper -- who is the father of her 13-year-old son, Atlas. On Sunday, a rep confirmed to ET that the actress was "peacefully" taken off life support, as her organs found recipients for transplants. I would tell you to read Call Me Crazy, but it’s now $200 on Amazon. I paid it because I want to read it again. She was talking about mental health before it was acceptable to talk about those struggles,” the actress added. In a lengthy post on her Instagram, Bergl honored Heche, who was often described as “crazy.” "Kristen, again, felt like a reflection to me ... Her ability to tell story, do it through joy, do it with her personality, charm, gorgeous timing, and humor -- I see myself a lot in her. "I've seen her Hannah Montana. To be able to do that, to be able to express that, to be able to be as bold as she's been -- going from Disney into, you know, 'Wrecking Ball,'" Heche gushed, "the way she moves, the way she sings, her voice, her compassion -- she f**king loves everyone. If Anne Heche's life were a movie, she knew just who to put in the lead role. "That's who I am." "That would get some ratings." "Ooh, b***!" she exclaimed. I don't think it's any mistake that I played her mom, and now I want her to play me."

Seven months before her sudden death, Anne Heche spoke about which two celebrities she wanted to play a young version of her in a movie about her life.

“The ability for her to be able to pull off … I’ve seen her in Hannah Montana,” Heche explained. “I see myself a lot in her,” she went on. “That’s why Miley. And I think she’s a f**king great actress.” The actress slipped into a coma and never regained consciousness. “The two of them share a personality ability to face the world the way that I would want, that I feel like I have and would want portrayed.” In the episode, of which Page Six was given an exclusive sneak peek, Heche said she believed “those two girls” had the ability to “pull off the humour that I have” while also doing justice to “the journey that I’ve gone through.”