This is such tragic news and she's truly a wonderful actress!
I have heard many good things about her stage work, but saw her in lighter fare like Maid In Manhattan and Parent Trap and found to be delightful. I hope that things get brighter as the day goes on.
I feel that the media trying to invade upon the personal space of a family in the midst of a tragedy such as this one is disgusting behavior. When a tragedy happens in their families, I'm sure they wouldn't like a camera shoved in their face whilst going to potentially say goodbye to a loved one. The media is so atrocious and should be ashamed of themselves.
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.