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DeGeneres previously shared that she and Hayes were not in touch before the actress’ crash. When a photographer asked DeGeneres on Wednesday (August 10) if she had spoken to Hayes, she replied, “We’re not in contact with each other,” according to Entertainment Tonight.
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Hayes’ death was announced by her friends and family and reported by the Guardian on Friday. The Six Days Seven Nights star suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury” and was “not expected to survive” her injuries from the crash, her friends and family said over the weekend, according to CNN. They shared that Hayes was in a coma at the time and in critical condition, but they kept her on life support in hopes of donating her viable organs.