Heche died on Friday at the age of 53 a week after a car she was in crashed into a two-storey home in Los Angeles, California.
The Emmy-winning actress was rushed to hospital and ‘slipped into a coma’ while suffering from serious burns and severe lung damage.
Doctors later said they did not expect Heche to recover from her injuries as she was declared brain dead, before her life support machine was switched off on Friday.
Reacting to the horrific news, Lynne Mishele – who lived in the house impacted by the crash – said in an Instagram video: ‘The news of Anne Heche passing is devastating.
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