Ellen DeGeneres and James Tupper lead tributes to Anne Heche following her death aged 53

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Anne Heche following her death aged 53.On Friday, it was confirmed that the actress had died after suffering serious injuries when a car she was in crashed into a house in Los Angeles on August 5, before it went up in flames.Her representatives confirmed to TMZ that she had been declared brain dead, although her heart had been kept beating so that her organs could be donated.Individuals including her ex-partners Ellen DeGeneres, James Tupper and Coley Laffoon have paid tribute to the late Six Days And Seven Nights and Donnie Brasco, who was described as having a ‘tremendous energy and welcoming presence’.DeGeneres, who she was in a relationship with from 1997 to 2000, wrote: ‘This is a sad day.

I’m sending Anne’s children, family and friends all of my love.’In a video posted on Instagram, Laffoon – who Heche was married to from 2001 to 2009 – said: ‘I loved her and I miss her and I’m always going to.’Laffoon, who met Heche when he was working as a cameraman, assured everyone that the son he shared with his ex-wife, Homer, ‘is ok’, adding: ‘He’s grieving, of course, and it’s rough.

It’s really rough, as probably anybody can imagine, but he’s surrounded by family, and he’s strong, and he’s going to be ok.’He thanked everyone who has checked in, expressing his hope that Heche is ‘free from pain, and enjoying or experiencing whatever’s next in her journey.’‘She came in hot and she had a lot to say.

She was brave and fearless, loved really hard, and was never afraid to let us know what she [thought], what she believed in.