Hollywood actress Anne Heche has been "peacefully taken off life support" nine days after suffering a severe anoxic brain injury in a car crash.
A representative for the 53-year-old star confirmed her death to the PA news agency on Sunday night. Heche had been in hospital since she was severely injured in the crash in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles on August 5.
The actress, who rose to fame in the late 90s, suffered burns and a brain injury when she crashed her car into a house. Heche had been classified as "legally dead" according to California law after the crash but was kept on life support in case her organs could be donated.
According to sources to American outlet TMZ, several organs were removed and "are due to be transplanted" after matches were reportedly found.
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