Rest In Peace Natasha

News reports indicate that Natasha Richardson has died after a terrible accident.  My deepest sympathies go out to her family and friends.

Ms. Richardson was a celebrated actress of course, but she was also a fund raiser for AIDS research.  Her father died of AIDS-related causes in 1991. Richardson helped raise millions of dollars in the fight against AIDS through the charity amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research.

She was actively involved in amfAR, becoming a board of trustees member in 2007, and participated in many other AIDS charities including Bailey House, God's Love We Deliver, Mothers' Voices, AIDS Crisis Trust and National AIDS Trust, for which she was an ambassador. Richardson received amfAR's Award of Courage in November 2000.

We have lost a forceful voice  - both in the cause for AIDS research, and in the wonderful world of live theatre.

Let us all honor her memory by considering a donation to the causes that she felt so strongly about.  

UPDATE
Will start to link to funds that meant much to her.

>http://www.baileyhouse.org/
http://www.amfar.org/

http://www.godslovewedeliver.org/

Please see this diaryfor more information on this tragic story.