After he succumbed to A.I.D.S. I attended the film’s opening at Lincoln Center which was a benefit for A.I.D.S. – afterward we had supper and dancing late into the evening at the Tavern on The Green. I met Vanessa and Natasha there. It was the most magical evening of my life. Natasha spoke with such obvious love and pride for her father and Vanessa was more than generous in applauding my little role as a French NATO Officer in the film. What I learned that evening as I have in other occasions, is that the truly gifted artists are the most humble and generous and lacking in ego nonsense. Both Vanessa and Natasha were so kind and gentle and unassuming to me as if I were a well-known distant cousin.

When I was a boy, on my first trip to New York City with my father, on a wintry, snowy night, he took to me to Radio City Music Hall to see Mary Queen of Scots. It was the first time I ever experienced Vanessa’s incandescent prowess as an actor. I was profoundly moved by her performance.

Later when I was starting my own “career” as an actor, my circle of devout thespians would watch Julia, over and over and over. I can recite the film by heart practically, to this day:

“I am a string of beads and outside it Degas and Renoir”

“Hello Mr. Johanne! Hello!”

“Happy New Year Julia.”

“I buy Mayonnaise and I’m famous”

“It’s just fame Lilly. It’s just a paint job. Buy all the fur coats you want but remember it has nothing to do with writing.”

I love Vanessa. I love you. And my heart ached so when I heard of the tragic loss of this fine young and beautiful actor. Every day is a blessing. Every day a miracle and an opportunity to create, express, grow, learn and teach. As you said in your rehearsal for death post, we never know when or how.

It bothers me that a young and talented person is gone that fast.

What a missed opportunity for the movie industry and a true fighter for a cure of AIDS

Her beautiful family and her wonderful mother.

Vanessa Redgrave for all her outspokenness she made a difference in this world

Also for all those terrible people for saying nasty things about the Redgrave family (You should be ashamed of yourself)

This young beautiful woman was taken from us and we should be grateful of the wonderful gifts Ms Natasha Richardson gave us for her short time on this earth

When The Lights Went Out On Broadway

Stripped of all my dreams, I stand here in this field, numb alone.
Only existence, no rhyme.
All there is,is space, where only emptiness awaits me.
Everything is fading into the shadows now,and all I have left are memories.
I can still see your face and hear your voice.
I will not surrender these.
When will will my soul bask in the warmth of your joy again?
When will this blade be pulled from my heart?
Oh, to smile with you again. For now, I must wander the journey alone, since the night the lights went out on Broadway.

Peter Gough

WE SURE WILL MISS NATASHA RICHARDSON.
SHE WAS AN AGNEL SENT TO US AND WILL BE WATCHING OVER ALL HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS THROUGH OUT THESE COMIG DAYS THAT WILL BE SO HARD TO BEAR.
I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO LOOSE LOVED ONE.
I LOST MY OLDEST SISTER JEANNIE PADILLA BACK IN 1982 AND THEN IN 1998 I LOST MY BROTHER BRUCE PADILLA, AND NOW I AM MISSING MY OLDEST BROTHER BEN CHARLES PADILLA, JR.
HE BECAME MISSING IN ANGOLA, AFRICA IN 2003 AND WAS BELIEVED TO BE HI-JACKED AND I STILL HAVE NOT FOUND HIM.
LAST YEAR I LOST MY MOTHER AND WHEN SHE DIED, SHE NEVER KNEW THE FATE OF MY BROTHER BEN.
SO, YOU SEE I KNOW HOW HARD DEATH IS TO HANDLE. IT IS LIKE A PART OF YOU DIE RIGHT ALONG WITH THEM.
Natasha Richardson will be so missed for years to come, but I believe she will be watching over all her Family Menbers and Her Friends.
She will be Our Angel watching over us.
Rest In Peace Natasha and Be Our Angel.