, the 25-year-old son of Liam Neeson and the late Natasha Richardson admits that his mom's death is still hard to wrap his head around. Natasha died in 2009 from a brain hemorrhage following a skiing accident.«I think the pain was a little too overwhelming,» he says of his feelings at the time of his mom's death when he was 13. «I think the mind is very powerful, and subconsciously, or unconsciously, it can protect you.