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Family Plans to Take Grease Star Off Life Support

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:12:05 CDT

Jeff Conaway’s family has been keeping a vigil at his bedside since he fell into a coma last week, but they have now decided to turn off the actor’s life support machine. Doctors told the family that the Grease and Taxi star has no brain function, a source tells Radar...

Coleman Will: Don't Unplug Me!

Rob Quinn — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:40:00 CDT

Gary Coleman's ex-wife Shannon Price ignored instructions in the actor's living will when she ordered his doctor to disconnect his life support, court documents show. Coleman had asked that he not be unplugged until after he had been in an irreversible coma for at least 15 days. But Price—named...

Gary Coleman on Life Support

John Johnson — Fri, 28 May 2010 10:47:00 CDT

Gary Coleman is now unconscious and on life support after suffering a brain hemorrhage. The 42-year-old Diff'rent Strokes star fell at home earlier this week and struck his head, and his conditioned worsened after he got to a nearby hospital in Utah, reports E! Online . "At this critical moment, we...

NASA to Reveal Module's Name on Colbert Tomorrow

Harry Kimball — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:28:13 CDT

The name of the new life-support node for the International Space Station will be announced tomorrow night on The Colbert Report by a NASA astronaut, InformationWeek reports. At the host’s urging, Colbert fans stuffed online ballot boxes to name the unit, though NASA doesn’t have to comply. “I certainly hope...

Sick Baby Stuns Doctors By Surviving Off Life Support

Rob Quinn — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:41:44 CDT

A baby girl who almost became a heart donor unexpectedly survived when taken off life support, the Globe & Mail r eports. Two-month-old Kaylee Wallace was born with a rare, incurable condition that doctors believed would stop her from breathing without assistance. But she rallied after her respirator was disconnected...

Richardson Off Life Support

John Johnson — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:00:00 CDT

Natasha Richardson's family has taken the actress off life support, the New York Post reports. Family members including husband Liam Neeson, her two children, and her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, were standing vigil by her hospital bedside. Richardson, 45, suffered a critical brain injury in a ski accident two days ago....

States Rewrite Organ-Donation Laws

Colleen Barry — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:26:31 CDT

Doctors will be able to take organs from potential donors in more sticky situations, under revisions to state laws on the boards in more than 24 states. Model legislation that's already passed in four states clarifies how to handle ethically complex decisions, helping to alleviate the chronic shortage of kidneys...