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Jessica Knibbs & Lucy Farrell

Anoxic brain injury explained as actress Anne Heche dies following life support removal

Actress Anne Heche has sadly died after being removed from life support, a week after she was involved in a serious car crash.

The decision to take Anne off life support came as she was officially declared brain dead, as a result of a severe brain injury - one which she wouldn't "be able to survive."

The former partner of Ellen Degeneres suffered an anoxic brain injury after she crashed her mini cooper into a residential Los Angeles home, causing a severe blaze. At the time of the accident, Heche was under the influence of drugs but not alcohol.

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