REUTERS/Mike SegarNatasha Richardson's loved ones gathered Friday for her wake.
Husband Liam Neeson, mother Vanessa Redgrave, sister Joely Richardson and sons Micheál Richard Antonio, 13, and Daniel Jack, 12, were among the mourners attending the private viewing at the American Irish Historical Society in Manhattan.
Mother and sister held each other as they entered the Fifth Avenue building across the street from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Neeson and the boys arrived in a black Mercedes.
Diane Sawyer and Uma Thurman were among the close friends who turned out to pay their respects to the family.
The entire Upper East side block was cordoned off and media and others were kept at a distance behind police barricades.
Richardson died Wednesday following severe brain injury from a skiing accident Monday afternoon. She was 45.
Funeral services will be held Sunday in upstate New York, after which her remains will be interred near the famous couple's second home in the town of Millbrook.