Heather O Rourke cause of death, Heather O Rourke death

Heather O Rourke cause of death, Heather O Rourke death. Discovered by Steven Spielberg while eating in an MGM commissary with her mother Kathleen and sister Tammy, she landed the role of “Carol Anne Freeling” in Poltergeist, and would charm audiences and touch hearts the world over. She would also leave the legacy of her immortal tag line “They’re here!” firmly embedded into the lexicon of movie fans everywhere.
O'Rourke a child TV star became ill in early 1987 and was misdiagnosed by Kaiser Permanente Hospital as having Crohn's disease. She was prescribed medicine to treat the Crohn's, which allegedly "puffed up cheeks."

On January 31, 1988, O'Rourke was ill again, vomiting and unable to keep anything down. The next morning she collapsed while trying to leave for the hospital and her step-father called paramedics. O'Rourke suffered a cardiac arrest en route to the hospital, and after resuscitation was airlifted by helicopter to Children's Hospital and Health Center in San Diego, where she died.

Hospital spokesman Vincent Bond announced that O'Rourke died during surgery to repair a congenital acute bowel obstruction complicated by septic shock; this report was corroborated by the San Diego County coroner's office on February 3, two days after her death.[13] Later reports changed the specific cause of death to cardiac arrest caused by septic shock brought on by the intestinal stenosis.

filmography

Poltergeist III (1988) …. Carol Anne Freeling
… aka Poltergeist III: The Final Chapter (Australia)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) …. Carol Anne Freeling
… aka Poltergeist II (USA: short title)
Surviving (1985) (TV) …. Sarah Brogan
… aka Surviving: A Family In Crisis
… aka Tragedy (USA: video title)
“Happy Days” (1974) TV Series …. Heather Pfister (1982-1983)
… aka Happy Days Again (USA: syndication title)
Massarati and the Brain (1982) (TV) …. Skye Henry
Poltergeist (1982) …. Carol Anne Freeling
Herself - filmography

Believe You Can… And You Can! (1983) (TV) …. Herself
The Making of ‘Poltergeist’ (1982) (TV) (uncredited) …. Herself
Making of Poltergeist Believe You Can�?� And You Can! Heather & Tammy on Happy Days
Archive Footage

Curse of Poltergeist: The E! True Hollywood Story (2002) (TV) …. Herself
The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989) (TV) …. Herself (Memorial Tribute)
Terror in the Aisles (1984) …. Carol Anne Freeling (Poltergeist)
Notable TV Guest Appearances

“Our House” playing “Dana” in episode: “A Point of View”
…(episode # 1.15) 11 January 1987
“Still the Beaver” playing “Heather Montgomery”
…in episode: “Material Girl” (episode # 2.24) 1987
…in episode: “Bad Poetry” (episode # 2.11) 1986
“Finder of Lost Loves” playing “Jillian Marsh”
…in episode: “Yesterday’s Child” (episode # 1.2) 29 September 1984
“Webster” playing “Melanie”
…in episode: “Travis” (episode # 1.8) 11 November 1983
…in episode: “Second Time Around” (episode # 1.7) 4 November 1983
…in episode: “Katherine’s Swan Song” (episode # 1.4) 7 October 1983
“Matt Houston” playing “Sunny Kimbal”
…in episode: “The Woman in White” (episode # 2.2) 16 September 1983
“The Merv Griffin Show” playing “Herself” 9 August 1983
“CHiPs” playing “Lindsey”
…in episode: “Fun House” (episode # 6.19) 13 March 1983
“Fantasy Island” playing “Liz Blake Aged 5″
…in episode: “Elizabeth’s Baby/The Artist and the Lady” (episode # 4.11) 17 January 1981
Our House Webster Matt Houston
Television Commercials

“Strawberry Short Cake: Blow-kiss Baby” in 1984 with Judith Barsi
Long John Silver (1980/1981)
McDonald’s (two consecutive years, circa 1983)
Rainbow Brite (1983-1986)
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