Happy Days
1974
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Jan 18, 2024 · Heather’s official cause of death was listed as intestinal stenosis, a congenital condition that had gone undetected since her birth. She died on the operating table at the Children’s Hospital of San Diego while surgeons attempted to remove a severe bowel obstruction that had caused septic shock.
Feb 3, 1988 · The 12-year-old ingenue, who finished filming “Poltergeist III” last June in which she starred as the angelic Carol Ann Freeling for the third time, died late Monday afternoon. A spokeswoman for...
Feb 15, 2024 · 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.
On February 1, 1988, O'Rourke died following two cardiac arrests, her cause of death later being ruled as congenital stenosis of the intestine complicated by septic shock . Early life. Heather Michele O'Rourke was born on December 27, 1975, in San Diego, [3] [4] to Kathleen and Michael O'Rourke.
Feb 2, 1988 · Heather O’Rourke, the terrified youngster sucked into a spectral vacuum by supernatural spirits in the film “Poltergeist,” is dead at the age of 12, it was learned today.
Nov 23, 2019 · The actress died in surgery when doctors were attempting to repair an acute bowel obstruction, caused by what was believed to be a long battle with Crohn's disease, the LA Times...
May 26, 1988 · Heather O’Rourke, the young actress pulled into a supernatural vacuum in the “Poltergeist” movies, died because the doctors who treated her throughout her childhood failed to diagnose a...
Feb 3, 1988 · Heather O'Rourke, familiar to moviegoers as the child swept into another world by ghosts in ''Poltergeist'' and its sequel, ''Poltergeist II,'' died at Children's Hospital and Health...
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Feb 3, 1988 · The 12-year-old actress died from toxic shock caused by an acute obstruction of her intestines after she was taken to a hospital by her parents when they believed she was suffering from the...
Mar 4, 2020 · Heather O’Rourke was a young child star discovered by director Steven Spielberg and better known for starring in the ’80s horror film “Poltergeist” and its subsequent sequels. Sadly, Heather’s life was cut short at 12, when she passed away due to complications from intestinal stenosis.
