Liam Neeson reveals ongoing struggle with the tragic death of wife Natasha Richardson

Liam Neeson talked about his late wife to Anderson Cooper in a soon-to-be-aired interview.

16:49 21 February 2014

Liam Neeson has opened up to Anderson Cooper about his ongoing struggle with the tragic death of his wife, Natasha Richardson. In the interview, which is a lead-up to the release of his latest film, Non Stop, Neeson said that everything still feels unreal.

'It still kind of isn't [real]. There's periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years... anytime I hear that door opening, I still think I'm going to hear her.'

The 61-year-old told how he arrived at a Canadian hospital where he was told that his wife since 1994 and mother of their two children was brain dead after a ski accident.

'She was on life support... I went in to her and I told her I loved her, said "Sweetie, you're not coming back from this, you've banged your head"' he said.

'She and I had made a pact, if any of us got into a vegetative state that we'd pull the plug. That was my immediate thought, "Okay, these tubes have to go. She's gone."'

Neeson also revealed that his late wife’s organs were donated. 'Donated three of her organs, so she's keeping three people alive at the moment. Her heart, her kidneys and her liver. It's terrific and I think she would be very thrilled and pleased by that,' he said.