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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.
Jan 18, 2024 · Heather O'Rourke was a rising star in Hollywood, best known for her role in Poltergeist, when she died of a bowel obstruction in 1988. Learn about her career, her untimely demise, and the medical errors that cost her life.
Jul 1, 2021 · Heather O'Rourke, who played Carol Anne in the horror film Poltergeist, died at 12 in 1988 from a bowel obstruction that was misdiagnosed as Crohn's disease. Her mother sued the doctors who treated her, claiming they failed to detect her birth defect and perform surgery that could have saved her life.
Feb 3, 1988 · Heather O’Rourke, the terrified youngster sucked into a spectral vacuum by supernatural spirits in the “Poltergeist” films, has died on an operating table at a San Diego hospital, it was...
Sampson died on June 3, 1987, aged 53, after of an illness caused by a chronic degenerative condition, according to The Herald Journal.
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.
Heather O’Rourke, a child star best known for the horror movie Poltergeist (and that spooky line “They’re heeere!”) whose life was tragically cut short at the age of 12, will be the focus of a...
