Anne Heche died following a horrific automotive crash in Los Angeles on August 5. After being in a coma, she was declared legally useless on Aug. 12 on the age of 53. The Six Days, Seven Nights star was driving and smashed right into a residential house, engulfing each the car and residential in flames. It took firefighters over an hour to “access, confine and fully extinguish the stubborn flames within the heavily damaged structure,” the Los Angeles Fire Department mentioned in a press release after the crash. “She has severe burns and has a long recovery ahead. Her team and her family are still trying to process what led up to the crash.”
In the wake of the information, HollywoodLife is taking a more in-depth have a look at Anne’s life. She first rose to fame engaged on the cleaning soap opera Another World from 1987 to 1991, incomes a Daytime Emmy Award for her twin function of twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love. She then jumped from the small display screen to the large display screen, starring in a string of hits within the ’90s reminiscent of Volcano, Wag the Dog and Donnie Brasco. However, it was her extremely publicized romance with Ellen DeGeneres that made her a family title. Ther pair dated from 1997 to 2000.
More not too long ago, Anne was seen in The Vanished with Thomas Jane, the TV cop drama Chicago P.D. and The Weeknd’s HBO present The Idol, starring Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp.
Anne’s private life was simply as profitable as her Hollywood one. The star was the proud mom of two superb sons. Let’s discover out extra about her boys named Homer and Atlas, beneath.
Homer
Rumors flew that Anne left Ellen for cameraman Coleman Laffoon, as they met whereas he labored on Ellen’s comedy tour. Whatever the case, the pair would go on to marry on September 1, 2001. After 5 and a half years of marriage, the couple cut up and a bitter divorce ensued, together with a custody battle over their son Homer, whom they welcomed in 2002. A decide dominated that Anne should pay $275,000 to her ex-husband, together with month-to-month child-support funds of $3,700 for the care of Homer. The couple agreed to separate the price of any “agreed upon extracurricular activities” for his or her son, in response to court docket paperwork.
Over two months after Anne’s demise, Homer requested a court docket for extra entry over Anne’s property, in response to court docket paperwork obtained by PEOPLE. The outlet reported that the 20-year-old’s legal professional filed paperwork within the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County on Oct. 20, 2022, requesting “the Court to expand the authority” so he can “take possession of property and other assets of [Heche’s] Estate.”
Homer’s legal professional Bryan L. Phipps mentioned he wants to have the ability to take away all of her objects from her apartment, which was solely paid by way of October, “to avoid addition fees and costs and, ultimately, potential loss,” per the paperwork. The paperwork additionally reportedly declare that Anne had a number of checks addressed to her that she by no means deposited, which Homer might want to deposit earlier than they grow to be “voided.”
Homer would additionally have the ability to defend the property Anne left behind “from damage, waste, and injury,” and obtain any claims and rents that might come to her, the outlet additional reported. He might additionally “manage, perform, and enforce the rights and interests of [Anne] and the Estate regarding the publication agreement and forthcoming book by [Anne].”
Finally, Homer reportedly requested for a bond of $800,000 and entry his mom’s monetary data.
Atlas
Anne met actor James Tupper on the set of Men in Trees in 2006 whereas she was nonetheless married to Coleman. Eyebrows had been raised when Anne filed for divorce from Coleman and shortly started courting James. The couple moved in collectively in 2007 and confirmed that they had been anticipating a baby in December 2008. Anne and James named their bundle of pleasure Atlas, after a Greek god who held up the heavens. Although they had been collectively for greater than a decade, the pair by no means married and finally cut up in 2018. Little is understood about Atlas, as he’s very non-public, however since Anne’s demise, his father has been in a authorized dispute with Atlas’ half-brother Homer over Anne’s property. Although a decide granted guardianship of Atlas to Homer and mentioned that Anne’s property will likely be divided equally between them, the dispute is over who would be the administrator of the property.