On Mar 20, 1:18*pm, "Dien Cai Dau" wrote:
Natasha Richardson, a Tony Award-winning actress ...

Was this alpine or nordic skiing?
One is an extreme sport and the other rather pedestrian.

It seems unlikely that a helmet would have prevented this particular
injury for this particular celebrity. But even if we suspend that
reality and acquiesce that it is indeed prudent to wear a helmet when
slaloming down the side of a mountain, it wouldn't automatically
justify the use of a helmet when shuffling along like a normal person
who is not pretending that they are on ABC's wide world of sports.