31 How did that girl in -Poltergeist- die? (Folklore / Ghost Stories)
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This article is from the Ghost Stories FAQ, by obiwan obiwan@best.com with numerous contributions by others.
31 How did that girl in -Poltergeist- die? (Folklore / Ghost Stories)
Contributed by Christine White (christin@meaddata.com): According
to People magazine February 15, 1988:
"It happened so fast. At 9:25 am, Monday Feb. 1, only hours after
developing what appeared to be flu symptoms, Heather O'Rourke, child
star of the Poltergeist horror films, was rushed from her home in
Lakeside, Calif., to the hospital; she was in septic shock and cardiac
arrest. An hour later she arrived by airlift, alive but in critical
condition, at Children's Hospital and Health Center in San Diego.
There she was operated on for intestinal stenosis, an acute bowel
obstruction, a congenital condition neither her mother nor stepfather
had suspected. At 2:43 pm, Heather died on the operating table. She
was 12 years old."
Subsequent issues of People tell how doctors first diagnosed and
treated her for Crohn's disease. The parents sued the doctors for
wrongful treatment, but I don't know what happened to the suit.
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