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  1. Feb 15, 2024 · heatherorourkeofficial/Instagram. According to Heather O'Rourke's death certificate, she died from a tragic combination of acute bowel obstruction, suspected septic shock, and cardio-respiratory arrest on February 1, 1988, just a few weeks after her 12th birthday.

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  2. Jan 18, 2024 · Updated January 21, 2024. Poltergeist actress Heather O'Rourke was just 12 years old in 1988, when she died from a bowel obstruction that her doctors had previously dismissed as Crohn's disease. Known for her early roles in Happy Days and the Poltergeist film series, Heather O’Rourke was one of the brightest young stars of the 1980s.

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  3. Heather Michele O'Rourke (December 27, 1975 – February 1, 1988) was an American child actress. She had her breakthrough starring as Carol Anne Freeling in the supernatural horror film Poltergeist (1982), which received critical acclaim and established her as an influential figure in the genre.

  4. In 1986, the highly anticipated sequel to her first movie, Poltergeist (1982), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) debuted in theaters; it was her riveting performance in this film that cemented her a place in Hollywood history. In January 1987, Heather began to have flu-like symptoms and her legs and feet swelled.

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  5. Titled Heather O’Rourke: She Was Here, it will feature interviews with her Poltergeist co-stars Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams, plus some of her family members. The film will lead the slate ...

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  7. Feb 3, 1988 · Poltergeist’ Star Heather O’Rourke Dies at Age of 12. By BURT A. FOLKART. Feb. 3, 1988 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Heather O’Rourke, the terrified youngster sucked into a spectral...

  8. Sep 22, 2022 · Heather O'Rourke as Carol Anne Freeling, communing with spirits through her family's television in Poltergeist. © 1982 Turner Entertainment Co. Poltergeist is still haunting, even after...

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