{"id":44493,"date":"2022-08-13T20:38:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T20:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/anne-heches-mom-nancy-survives-four-of-her-five-kids\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T20:38:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T20:38:41","slug":"anne-heches-mom-nancy-survives-four-of-her-five-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/anne-heches-mom-nancy-survives-four-of-her-five-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Heche&#8217;s mom Nancy survives four of her five kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The deeply religious 85-year-old mother of the late actress Anne Heche is nothing if not a survivor.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Heche has now outlived four of her five children \u2014 in addition to her secretly gay husband, Donald, who died of AIDS in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>She admitted in her religion-heavy 2006 memoir, \u201cThe Truth Comes Out: When Someone You Love is in a Same-Sex Relationship,\u201d to using amyl nitrate poppers with Donald to improve their sex life and taking married lovers.<\/p>\n<p>Mom died Friday, one week after she drove her blue Mini Cooper at a high speed down an LA street and plowed into a small house, setting it afire along with her car. <\/p>\n<p>Before Anne was born, her sister, Cynthia, then just 2-months-old, died from a heart defect.  Anne&#8217;s 18-year-old brother Nathan died in a car accident three months after Don Heche&#8217;s death.  Another sister, Susan Bergman, who wrote her own family memoir called \u201cAnonymity,\u201d died in 2006 from brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Only one Heche sibling, Abigail, is still living. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Nancy Heche speaks about sexual orientation at USM&#8217;s Masterton Hall in 2005.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jack Milton\/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/nancy-heche-anne.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Abigail, Anne, Nancy\" class=\"wp-image-23450830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/nancy-heche-anne.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/nancy-heche-anne.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/nancy-heche-anne.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Abigail, left, seen here with Anne and Nancy, is the only surviving child.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">nancyheche\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-crash.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Anne's car is crashed into a home.\" class=\"wp-image-23450875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-crash.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-crash.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-crash.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Anne died one week after driving her blue Mini Cooper into a small house in LA, setting both the car and home on fire.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">gofundme<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Chicago-based Nancy Heche, who is a Christian psychologist who uses the Bible in her counseling practice, was initially furious when Anne told her in 1997 that she&#8217;d fallen in love with Ellen DeGeneres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am plummeted into disbelief and outrage,\u201d she wrote.  \u201cI am dumbfounded, in a state of shock.  Doesn&#8217;t Anne know what homosexuality has done to our family?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow will we ever be able to close the gap, the avowed heterosexual mother and the avowed homosexual daughter?\u201d  she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"698\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ellen-degeneres-anne-heche-2.jpg?resize=698%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, actress Anne Heche arrive at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 18, 1998.\" class=\"wp-image-23450886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ellen-degeneres-anne-heche-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1396 1396w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ellen-degeneres-anne-heche-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1047 1047w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ellen-degeneres-anne-heche-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=698 698w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ellen-degeneres-anne-heche-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=349 349w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/ellen-degeneres-anne-heche-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Anne told her mother in 1997 that she had fallen in love with actress Ellen DeGeneres.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"735\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-2-1.jpg?resize=735%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Anne Heche during 13th Annual Race to Erase MS Sponsored by Nancy Davis and Tommy Hilfiger - Arrivals at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California, United States. \" class=\"wp-image-23450916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1470 1470w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1103 1102w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=735 735w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=368 367w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/anne-heche-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Mother said Nancy did not believe her claims that her father molested her from the time she was a toddler until she was 12.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SGranitz\/WireImage)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After the publication of Heche&#8217;s 2001 memoir, \u201cCall Me Crazy,\u201d Nancy Heche wrote that she found \u201cno place among the lies and blasphemies in the pages of this book.\u201d  Anne Heche said her mother did not believe Anne&#8217;s claims that her father molested her from the time she was a toddler until she was 12.<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter&#8217;s revelations about her relationship with DeGeneres brought up painful memories for Nancy, who said she didn&#8217;t know her husband was gay until he lay dying at Bellevue Hospital in 1983 and a doctor told her he had AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote that she never knew about her husband&#8217;s double life because she was a \u201c50s girl\u201d who \u201cgrew up with Donna Reed, &#8216;Leave it to Beaver&#8217; and Doris Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Heche learned of her husband&#8217;s AIDS diagnosis, it suddenly \u201cclicked,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dots connect like a stick of dynamite \u2013 the fuse sizzling toward explosion.  I realize I have lied to my entire married life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deeply religious 85-year-old mother of the late actress Anne Heche is nothing if not a survivor. Nancy Heche has now outlived four of her five children \u2014 in addition to her secretly gay husband, Donald, who died of AIDS in 1983. She admitted in her religion-heavy 2006 memoir, \u201cThe Truth Comes Out: When Someone &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/anne-heches-mom-nancy-survives-four-of-her-five-kids\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anne Heche&#8217;s mom Nancy survives four of her five kids<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[16369,11422,2216,3562,15347,46],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46344,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/james-tupper-thanks-emily-bergl-for-denying-anne-heche-was-crazy\/","url_meta":{"origin":44493,"position":0},"title":"James Tupper thanks Emily Bergl for denying Anne Heche was &#8216;crazy&#8217;","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"James Tupper showed his appreciation after his \u201cMen in Trees\u201d co-star Emily Bergl hit back at rumors his late ex-girlfriend Anne Heche was \u201ccrazy.\u201d The 57-year-old actor, who shares son Atlas, 13, with the \u201cAnother World\u201d alum, called Bergl's Friday Instagram post \u201ccompletely accurate and true.\u201d He wrote, \u201cOh god\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45690,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/anne-heches-mother-nancy-reportedly-took-sex-pills-and-slammed-her-for-being-lesbian\/","url_meta":{"origin":44493,"position":1},"title":"Anne Heche&#8217;s mother Nancy reportedly took sex pills and slammed her for being lesbian","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Anne Heche was survived by her mother Nancy Heche, and The accident died by actress Anne Heche that ended her life adds to the list of tragedies that occurred in her family, ranging from the terrible relationship she had with her mother, to the death of her father and brotherHeche's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":46040,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/anne-heche-obituary-movies\/","url_meta":{"origin":44493,"position":2},"title":"Anne Heche obituary |  movies","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Anne Heche began acting in her teens, but despite her successes in television and film, and on stage, her career was overshadowed by a life steeped in tragedy and controversy. 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