Heather O'Rourke
1975-1988
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On Monday, February 1, 1988, Heather, who lived with her parents both in San Diego and Big Bear, complained of stomach pains. She was rushed to Children's Hospital of San Diego. During surgery she died of cardiac and pulmonary arrest. It was identified that she had been suffering from a severe bowel obstruction, a result of a congenital birth defect. The obstruction led to an infection, which in turn caused septic shock. The shock triggered her death. She was buried in Los Angeles' Westwood Memorial Park in a vault on the first outdoor mausoleum wall. Poltergeist III was released four months after her death and was a box-office bust. Heather was the second Poltergeist star to die. In 1982, 22-year old Dominique Dunne, who played her older sister in that movie, was strangled to death by her estranged boyfriend.
We Miss You Heather O'Rourke
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