HEIGL'S FAMILY HEARTBREAK

Last updated: Thursday, April 13, 2006

HEIGL'S FAMILY HEARTBREAK

GREY'S ANATOMY beauty KATHERINE HEIGL experienced her own ''real-life medical drama'' as a child, when her older brother was left brain-damaged in a traffic accident.

Heigl was devastated when her 15-year-old brother JASON was thrown from the back of a truck and left brain dead in 1986. The Heigl family then made the difficult decision to donate his organs.

The actress, who plays stunning intern IZZIE STEVENS in the hit medical drama, tells America's health magazine Prevention, "Jason didn't need them any more, and it's what he would have wanted.

"(His death) changed my life."

Katherine Heigl at the Viewing of 'Grey's Anatomy' Museum of TV & Radio Paley Festival, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, California - 28.02.06

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| Thursday, April 13, 2006

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