Natasha Richardson’s Husband Liam Neeson Opens Up About Losing His Wife 5 Years Ago; Neeson Wants to “Hear Her” Again

Natasha Richardson's death was five years ago, but Liam Neeson remembers it like it was yesterday. "Taken" star Liam Neeson opened up about how his heart was broken when the life support machine of his late wife Natasha Richardson was turned off five years ago after suffering from a fatal ski accident.

Neeson shared that he just could not believe that it was real. He even said that every time he heard the door opening, he still expected to "hear her." He told Loaded magazine during an exclusive interview, "Her death was never real. It still kind of isn't. There're periods now when I hear the door opening, especially the 1^st couple of years. Anytime I hear that door opening, I still think I'm going to hear her."

Natasha Richardson, star of "Parent Trap," died after what was initially perceived to only be a minor fall during a ski trip back in 2009. Natasha Richardson seemed to be okay immediately after the fall. However, her health started to quickly deteriorate, and she died only a few days after being admitted in the hospital. Natasha Richardson was just 45 years old when she died.

Neeson then continued to share about how devastatingly sad he felt when he was informed by Natasha Richardson's medical team that his wife was already brain dead. He said, "I want in to her and I just told her I loved her. I said, 'Sweetie, you're not coming back from this.' She and I had made a pact. If any of us got into a vegetative state, we'd pull the plug. So, when I saw her and saw all these tubes and stuff, that was my immediate thought, 'Okay. These tubes have to go. She's gone.'"

For Neeson, keeping himself preoccupied with his work did not help ease the pain about Natasha Richardson's death at all. In fact, he admitted that filming hard-hitting scenes were very difficult for him. He said, "It hits you. It's like a wave. You just get this profound feeling of instability. The Earth isn't stable anymore and then it passes and it becomes more infrequent, but I still get it sometimes."