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Heather Michele O'Rourke (December 27, 1975 – February 1, 1988) was an American child actress. She had her breakthrough starring as Carol Anne Freeling in the supernatural horror film Poltergeist (1982), which received critical acclaim and established her as an influential figure in the genre.
Jan 18, 2024 · Heather O'Rourke was a promising young actress who starred in the Poltergeist film series and other shows. She died at age 12 in 1988 from a bowel obstruction that doctors had misdiagnosed as Crohn's disease.
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Feb 15, 2024 · The Poltergeist star died at 12 from a bowel obstruction that was misdiagnosed as Crohn's disease. Her mother sued the doctors who treated her, claiming they failed to notice a birth defect that could have been treated with surgery.
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Heather O'Rourke was a child actress who starred in the Poltergeist trilogy and other TV shows. She died of cardiopulmonary arrest at age 12 in 1988, after battling Crohn's Disease.
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Heather O’Rourke, a child star best known for the horror movie Poltergeist (and that spooky line “They’re heeere!”) whose life was tragically cut short at the age of 12, will be the...
Feb 3, 1988 · Heather O’Rourke, the terrified youngster sucked into a spectral vacuum by supernatural spirits in the “Poltergeist” films, has died on an operating table at a San Diego hospital, it was...
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Heather O'Rourke was a child actress who starred in Poltergeist (1982) and its sequels. She died of intestinal complications at age 12 in 1988.
