Liam Neeson’s Sweetest Quotes About His Late Wife Natasha Richardson

Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson’s relationship was something right out of a movie — and although Richardson passed away in 2009, Neeson has never stopped singing her praises.

Neeson and Richardson met in 1993 while working on Broadway’s Anna Christie, one year after her split from producer Robert Fox. Although Richardson called the beginning of her relationship with Neeson “bad timing,” she didn’t let it affect their future, and the pair tied the knot in 1994. They welcomed son Micheál the following year, with Daniel completing their family in 1996.

Tragedy, however, struck in March 2009, when the British actress fell coming down a beginner slope on Mont Tremblant while on a ski vacation in Québec, Canada. She hit her head without a helmet on and was brought back to her room after reportedly turning down medical attention. Although she felt OK to start, the actress had suffered a traumatic brain injury during her fall and was later taken to the hospital in Montreal. When her husband arrived, he was told that she was brain dead and on life support.

Since her death on March 18, 2009, Neeson has kept himself busy with work and kept relatively quiet about his loss. When he has spoken about Richardson, it’s been with fondness for what they had together for 15 years.

“They say the hardest thing in the world is losing someone you love,” the father of two said in a Facebook post in 2016. “My wife died unexpectedly. She brought me so much joy. She was my everything.”

16 years after losing Richardson, Neeson found a second chance at love with The Naked Gun costar Pamela Anderson. Richardson’s friend, Andy Cohen, shared that he and other members of their inner circle were “stanning” the new couple.

Scroll down to see everything Neeson has said about his late wife and their life together before her untimely death.