My BF said that she died while filming the last movie (# 3).
Is this true? What happened?
2007-03-07 08:50:08 · 13 answers · asked by sc 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
She got sucked into the TV...
2007-03-07 08:55:57 · answer #1 · answered by pincollector 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In January 1987, Heather began to have flu like symptoms and her legs and feet swelled. She was taken to Kaiser Hospital and they confirmed it was only the flu, but when symptoms continued, they diagnosed her as having Crohn's Disease, a chronic inflammation of the intestine. She was on medication throughout the filming of her next project, Poltergeist III (1988), and her cheeks were puffy in some scenes. She never complained during filming and did not appear sick to fellow cast members. When filming temporarily stopped in June, Heather and her family went on a road trip from Chicago, to New Orleans, to Orlando and all the way back to Lakeside where they lived at the time. Heather was well until January 31, 1988, Super Bowl Sunday. She was unable to keep anything in her stomach and crawled into bed with her parents that night, saying that she didn't feel well. The next morning, February 1, sitting at the breakfast table, she couldn't swallow her toast or Gatorade. Her mother noticed her fingers were blue and her hands were cold. Kathleen called the doctor's and was getting ready to put her clothes on when Heather fainted on the kitchen floor. When the paramedics came in, Heather insisted that she was "really okay" and was worried about missing school that day. In the ambulance, Heather suffered cardiac arrest and died on the operating table at 2:43 p.m. at the tender age of 12. Of all her achievements, Heather was proudest of being elected student body president of her 5th grade class in 1985.
2007-03-07 08:56:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She did die, but I thought it was right after the last movie. She had some disease, I don't remember what. If you remember how puffy her cheeks were in the last movie, that had something to do with the disease.
They say there was a curse on the people in the movie, A&E did a show about it. The girl who played the older sister in the first movie was written out of the second one because her ex-boyfriend had killed her before filming began.
2007-03-07 08:58:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heather Michele O Rourke
2016-12-12 09:06:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She died during the filming of the 3rd movie. They replaced her with another girl because they had already filmed more than half the movie. If you pay attention they stop showing her face when she comes up out of the puddle from the parking garage.
2007-03-07 09:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tammy O Rourke Actress
2016-09-28 09:36:18 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You never heard of the Poltergeist curse? She did die while the movie was on hiatus. They had a stand in film the rest.
If you ever have a chance, watch the True Hollywood Story about it. It's really good.
You can read about it here :
http://imdb.com/title/tt0350749/
2007-03-07 08:57:26 · answer #7 · answered by Jocelyn 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes your boyfriend is correct. She did die while filming the third Poltergeist.
2007-03-07 09:00:17 · answer #8 · answered by LilMissCrod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she did die at like 12 years old of some strange illness. i dont know if the cause was ever determined other than the "curse of poltergeist" that some weirdos think plagued the cast
2007-03-07 08:56:33 · answer #9 · answered by Tonya 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Heather O'Rourke died
2007-03-07 08:56:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Her name wsa Heather O'Rourke. And she died of some kind of heart problem. You can probably get her bio on the web somewhere. Here's a place to get a few tidbits: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001576/
2007-03-07 08:58:32 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋