--- description: Richardson died in a tragic ski accident in 2009. title: Liam Neeson Talks About His Late Wife Natasha Richardson image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b7d341002d463e/6988782e3c1639387245b790/liam-neeson-natasha-richardson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Liam Neeson Talks About His Late Wife Natasha Richardson by [Naja Rayne / People](/author/people/) ## Naja Rayne / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2016 3:54 PM CUT  Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson at the BFI 52 London Film Festival: "The Other Man" Premiere in London on Oct. 17, 2008. Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson at the BFI 52 London Film Festival: "The Other Man" Premiere in London on Oct. 17, 2008.Chris Jackson—Getty Images by [Naja Rayne / People](/author/people/) ## Naja Rayne / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2016 3:54 PM CUT [Liam Neeson](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:LiamNeeson,00.html "undefined") pulled at everyone’s heartstrings on Thursday when he remembered his late wife [Natasha Richardson](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:NatashaRichardson,00.html "undefined") in an interview on Radio Andy. As Neeson, 63, talked about his wedding song, Van Morrison’s “Crazy Love,” he revealed a little known fact – the actress serenaded him at their wedding in Northern Ireland. “Behind my back Natasha had been taking singing lessons to sing it to me,” he told host, John Benjamin during [_My Favorite Song_](https://soundcloud.com/siriusxmentertainment/natasha-richardson-surprised-liam-neeson-by-singing-crazy-love-at-their-wedding?in=siriusxmentertainment/sets/radioandy "undefined").”After the ceremony we were all going out to start the night’s festivities and she grabbed the microphone and she sang me this. “She had learned it and I was like ‘Wow!'” The couple married in 1994 and remained together until Richardson’s [tragic death](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20266545%5F20266085,00.html "undefined") in 2009. A brokenhearted Neeson remained quiet about her death – caused by a head injury the 45-year-old suffered during a skiing accident – for five years, finally [opening up about his wife](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20790247,00.html "undefined") in 2014 in an episode of _60 minutes_. “I spoke to her and she said, ‘Oh darling. I’ve taken a tumble in the snow. That’s how she described it,” he told Anderson Cooper at the time. After having his flight diverted to Montreal, where Richardson was in the hospital, a doctor explained to Neeson, after showing him his wife’s X-rays, that she was brain dead, but on life support. Neeson remembered the “pact” the two had made, which said that if either went into a vegetative state the other would take them off life support. “I went in to her and told her I loved her. Said, ‘Sweetie, you’re not coming back from this,” he recalled. “You’ve banged your head. It’s – I don’t know if you can hear me, but that’s – this is what’s gone down. And we’re bringing ya back to New York. All your family and friends will come.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/liam-neeson-opens-up-about-wedding-song-with-natasha-richardson "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4172779/liam-neeson-wife-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4172779/liam-neeson-wife-death/"},"headline":"Liam Neeson Talks About His Late Wife Natasha Richardson","datePublished":"2016-01-08T15:54:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:54:21.225Z","description":"Richardson died in a tragic ski accident in 2009","url":"https://time.com/4172779/liam-neeson-wife-death/","keywords":["celebrities","Death","liam neeson","anderson cooper"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b7d341002d463e/6988782e3c1639387245b790/liam-neeson-natasha-richardson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Naja Rayne / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62b7d341002d463e/6988782e3c1639387245b790/liam-neeson-natasha-richardson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson at the BFI 52 London Film Festival: \"The Other Man\" Premiere in London on Oct. 17, 2008.","caption":"Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson at the BFI 52 London Film Festival: \"The Other Man\" Premiere in London on Oct. 17, 2008.","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4172779/liam-neeson-wife-death/","name":"Liam Neeson Talks About His Late Wife Natasha Richardson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Liam Neeson Reveals What Was Left Out Of '60 Minutes' Interview","description":"The actor said there was a detail surrounding his wife's death that he wanted people to know.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qBKZiVDM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-02-28T12:48:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qBKZiVDM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4172779/liam-neeson-wife-death/","duration":"PT56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4172779/liam-neeson-wife-death/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```