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Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher dies at 60: actor and writer best known as Princess Leia
The Star Wars actor, who became an acclaimed writer, dies in Los Angeles four days after reportedly suffering heart attack on flight from London
Carrie Fisher, actor and writer, dies at 60
Carrie Fisher, the actor best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the Star Wars films and her unflinching self-honesty that contrasted with the artifice of Hollywood celebrity, has died in Los Angeles. She was 60 years old. Her death came days after she was reported to have suffered a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles last Friday. The news was confirmed in a statement released on behalf of her daughter, Billie Lourd, who said Fisher was loved by the world and will be profoundly missed.
Fishers career was characterized by her willingness to acknowledge, challenge and satirize the stereotypes of her upbringing and privilege. As the daughter of two Hollywood stars, Debbie Reynolds and the late singer Eddie Fisher, she brought awareness and humor to her work, whether in film or in numerous books that tracked and reviewed her fortunes in life or what she herself had termed what its like to live an all-too-exciting life.
Paying tribute to her daughter, her mother described her as amazing. Reynolds, 84, wrote on Facebook: Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter. I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop. Love Carrie's Mother.
Fishers Star Wars co-star Harrison Ford, 74, said in a statement: Carrie was one-of-a-kind ... brilliant, original. Funny and emotionally fearless. She lived her life, bravely. My thoughts are with her daughter Billie, her mother Debbie, her brother Todd and her many friends. We will all miss her.
Among the first to react to her death was Mark Hamill, who starred as Luke Skywalker alongside Fisher in the Star Wars films. He tweeted no words #Devastated and a photograph of them together in character.
Hilarious realist: Carrie Fisher was the person everyone would want to sit next to at a wedding
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/filmblog/2016/dec/27/carrie-fisher-appreciation-remembered
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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/dec/27/carrie-fisher-dies-star-wars-princess-leia
lovely slide show at the nyt obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/movies/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia.html?_r=0
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Carrie Fisher dies at 60: actor and writer best known as Princess Leia (Original Post)
niyad
Dec 2016
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Suckiest...year...ever...
coolbreeze77
(35 posts)2. 2016 claims another victim. It's always somebody I like.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)4. I'm afraid it will be like this for a decade
We have so many turning 70 and the other day I notice jack Nicholson is 85. How did that happen. I thought he'd be 70 at most.
Ptah
(33,021 posts)6. jack Nicholson is 79
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)7. Oh I am glad I was wrong
We need these great stars. This year has been awful! Thank you for replying and giving me correct information.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)3. Fuck you, 2016.
Gothmog
(144,948 posts)5. May she rest in peace
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)8. Such a loss.
Rest in peace Carrie.