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The cause of death of the actress Anne Heche was ruled an accident on Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Department.
Heche’s car crashed into a Los Angeles home and caught fire on August 5. After the accident, Heche suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury,” depriving his brain of oxygen, among other serious injuries from the accident, his family and friends said in a statement to CNN.
She died on Sunday after being taken off life support, according to a representative for her family.
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Actress Anne Heche poses for a portrait in 2015.
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Heche, seen here in 1990 with Russell Todd, won a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance on the soap opera “Another World.” She played twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love.
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Heche, right, appears with Catherine Keener in the 1996 film “Walking and Talking.”
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Heche, left, holds hands with comedian Ellen DeGeneres at the world premiere of the film “Face/Off” in 1997. The two dated for several years.
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Heche stars with Tommy Lee Jones in the 1997 film “Volcano.”
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Heche and Johnny Depp in a scene from 1997’s ‘Donnie Brasco’.
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Heche appeared with Robert De Niro in “Wag the Dog” in 1998.
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Heche and Vince Vaughn in “Psycho” in 1998.
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Heche stars with Harrison Ford in the 1998 film “Six Days, Seven Nights.”
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Heche signs a fan hat at the premiere of “Get Real” in 1999.
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Heche, right, directs Sharon Stone in a segment of the 2000 film ‘If These Walls Could Talk 2’. DeGeneres, center, was also in the film.
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From left, Stone, Michelle Williams and Heche hold the Lucy Awards which were presented in 2000 to the creators and cast of ‘If These Walls Could Talk’ and ‘If These Walls Could Talk 2’.
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Heche married Coley Laffoon in 2001. They had a son together, Homer, before divorcing in 2009.
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Heche and Laffoon take a walk with their son in 2002.
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Heche attends the Los Angeles premiere of “American Splendor” in 2003.
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Heche and her boyfriend James Tupper arrive at an Emmy Awards reception in 2010. They have a son together, Atlas.
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Heche and actress Conchata Ferrell perform at a theater in Santa Monica, California during a cancer benefit in 2010.
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Heche, center, appears in an episode of “Save Me” in 2013.
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Heche and Juliette Goglia work with Michael J. Fox on a 2013 episode of “The Michael J. Fox Show.”
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Heche in a 2015 episode of “Quantico.”
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Heche takes a photo with her son Homer in 2017.
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Heche bows with other actors during an encore for the reading of the ‘Twentieth Century’ benefit concert in 2019. Earlier in her career, Heche appeared in the Broadway play and was nominated for a Tony Award .
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Heche dances with Keo Motsepe at the “Dancing With the Stars” TV competition in 2020.
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Heche appears in an episode of “All Rise” in 2021.
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Heche attends the Directors Guild of America Awards in March.
The coroner cited inhalation and thermal injuries as the cause of death. Other “significant conditions” in his death included a “sternal fracture due to blunt trauma”, according to the report posted online.
Heche’s body has since been released from the coroner’s office, the report said.
CNN has reached out to representatives for Heche for comment.
Heche was an award-winning actress who made her television debut in 1987 in the soap opera “Another world”, a role for which she won a Daytime Emmy. After leaving the show, she began her film career, appearing in acclaimed films including “Donnie Brasco” and “Walk the dog.”
Heche also appeared in films like the 1998 “psychology“remake and the rom-com”six days seven nightsalongside Harrison Ford. She also directed a segment of a 2000 HBO movie “If these walls could talkand in her 2001 memoir she revealed her lifelong struggles with mental illness after being abused by her father.