Liam Neeson looked distraught as he greeted grieving family members and friends who attended a private viewing for his wife, Natasha Richardson, 45, on Friday.
Neeson and sons -- Micheal, 13, and Daniel, 12 -- attended the viewing at the Upper East Side's American Irish Historical Society, as well as Richardson's mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and sister, Joely Richardson.
Also attending were Mike Nichols, Diane Sawyer, Matthew Modine, Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman and Mathilde Krim of the American Foundation of AIDS Research, the charity for which Richardson had served on the board of trustees since 2006.
"She looked incredibly beautiful," Krim said, adding that everyone appeared to be in shock and Neeson looked distraught as he received everybody.
Earlier Friday, friends continued to express their grief over her death from the fall she took on a ski slope.
Matthew Broderick said, "Natasha was a very close friend of our family, so it's been a very, very sad few days and I think it will stay that way for a good while."
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