Aqfitz Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Carrie Fisher, the actress best known as Star Wars‘ Princess Leia Organa, has died after suffering a heart attack. She was 60. Family spokesman Simon Halls released a statement to PEOPLE on behalf of Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd: “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” reads the statement. “She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly,” says Lourd. “Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.” Fisher was flying from London to Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 23, when she went into cardiac arrest. Paramedics removed her from the flight and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was treated for a heart attack. She later died in the hospital. The daughter of showbiz veteran Debbie Reynolds and entertainer Eddie Fisher, Fisher was brought up in the sometimes tumultuous world of film, theatre and television. Escaping Hollywood in 1973, the star enrolled in the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, where she spent over a year studying acting. COURTESY DEBBIE REYNOLDS Just two years later, though, the bright lights of Hollywood drew her back, and Fisher made her film debut in the Warren Beatty-lead Shampoo. Her role in Star Wars would follow in 1977 – the experience she recently detailed in memoir, The Princess Diarist. She was only 19 when the first installment of the beloved sci-fi franchise was filmed. In addition to the second and third Star Wars films – and last year’s The Force Awakens – Fisher starred in 1980’s The Blues Brothers, The Man with One Red Shoe, Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986 and, later, When Harry Met Sally. Fisher wed musician Paul Simon in 1983. It was an explosive marriage, according to Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon author Peter Ames Carlin, and was cut short by swinging stages of depression, the actresses’ drug use and an array of personal insecurities. The relationship continued, though, on-and-off for several years after the pair divorced in 1984. The star’s substance abuse problem was well-known, starting at only age 13 when she first started smoking marijuana, Fisher previously told The Telegraph. She said she later dabbled in drugs like cocaine and LSD. Fisher’s addiction was largely profiled in her 1987 best-selling, semi-autobiographical novel, Postcards from the Edge, which was later turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep. “I never could take alcohol. I always said I was allergic to alcohol, and that’s actually a definition to alcoholism — an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind,” Fisher told the Herald-Tribune in 2013. “So I didn’t do other kinds of drugs until I was about 20. Then, by the time I was 21 it was LSD. I didn’t love cocaine, but I wanted to feel any way other than the way I did, so I’d do anything.” In 1985, Fisher was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she told the Herald-Tribune, and subsequently became an outspoken advocate for mental health awareness. Throughout much of the ’90s, Fisher focused on her writing career, publishing Surrender the Pink and Delusions of Grandma. In addition, Fisher reportedly helped craft the scripts for numerous Hollywood films, going uncredited, for films like The Wedding Singer, Hook and Sister Act. Billie Lourd, Fisher’s only child, was born in July 1992. The Scream Queens star’s father, talent agent Bryan Lourd, dated Fisher for three years and is now married to Bruce Bozzi. In 2005, Fisher was recognized with the Women of Vision Award by the Women in Film & Video – DC. Three years later, Fisher’s Wishful Drinking autobiography was turned into a one-woman stage show and eventually an HBO documentary. Of returning to the role that launched her career – Leia – for The Force Awakens, Fisher told PEOPLE in 2015, “I knew that something enormous was likely going to impact my life from this film and that there was absolutely no way of understanding what that was or was likely to be.” The film – which brought Fisher back into the spotlight – earned her a nomination for the 2016 Saturn Award for best supporting actress. Just last month, Fisher also revealed her surprising on-set affair with Star Wars costar Harrison Ford in The Princess Diarist, telling PEOPLE of the three-month fling, “It was so intense.” The memoir, which drew from Fisher’s old diaries and notebooks, brought up mixed feelings for the actress. “I had forgotten that I’d written them, and I’ve never written diaries sort of like that,” she said. “I write when I’m upset … it was about two or three months of upset.” Fisher added, “It was sad because I was so insecure, and it’s very raw and obviously I didn’t expect anyone — including myself, I suppose later on — to read it.” She is survived by her mom Reynolds, daughter Lourd and beloved French bulldog, http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb ★ Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 NOOO no no no Rest in Peace Carrie.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Than Light Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmerc Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Noooooooooo! This is so so sad. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproilerBlotch Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 RIP Princess Leia, and *Censored* YOU 2016!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Easy Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Ahh FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproilerBlotch Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Did 2016 have some kind of vendetta against the 80's or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrisetMaster908 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 DAMN IT 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlterNation Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 No. No. *censored*ing NO! RIP Carrie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamevolt Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 2016 has managed to do what the Galactic Empire could not. It has taken out Princess away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Moon Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Damn this is saddening. RIP princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Vercetti Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nerd Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Smh. RIP Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdon Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Man this sucks bad. I thought Prince sucked but this......RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs1991 Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 R.I.P. She was great in star wars (obviously), the blues brothers, the 'burbs and lots of other things. This is very disappointing, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiryuMK Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 R.I.P. When I thought we were done with 2016 (after losing so many) and in the last few days, it take away another one from us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spamming Nooblet Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 I hate 2016, think of how many we've lost this year already. R.I.P to yet another icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generations Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Sucks. I wonder how many people are going to be wearing the Leia hairstyle now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango kid Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Well they will have to rewrite the new Star Wars movie I wonder how they're going to explain it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmerc Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Well they will have to rewrite the new Star Wars movie I wonder how they're going to explain it They finished filming episode 8, but yes, they will have to rework episode 9's script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 *Censored* you 2016, you vindictive bastard, just... *Censored* you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey D. Jiggy Posted December 27, 2016 Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 Sucks. I wonder how many people are going to be wearing the Leia hairstyle now... That could be hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emrys Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Well they will have to rewrite the new Star Wars movie I wonder how they're going to explain it They finished filming episode 8, but yes, they will have to rework episode 9's script. It depends how much she was set to be in the movie.. they can always do CGI... I know it's not the same.. but yeah.. I'm really devastated about her death. Well they will have to rewrite the new Star Wars movie I wonder how they're going to explain it They finished filming episode 8, but yes, they will have to rework episode 9's script. It depends how much she was set to be in the movie.. they can always do CGI... I know it's not the same.. but yeah.. I'm really devastated about her death. Well they will have to rewrite the new Star Wars movie I wonder how they're going to explain it They finished filming episode 8, but yes, they will have to rework episode 9's script. It depends how much she was set to be in the movie.. they can always do CGI... I know it's not the same.. but yeah.. I'm really devastated about her death. Well they will have to rewrite the new Star Wars movie I wonder how they're going to explain it They finished filming episode 8, but yes, they will have to rework episode 9's script. It depends how much she was set to be in the movie.. they can always do CGI... I know it's not the same.. but yeah.. I'm really devastated about her death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNX Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Damn I forgot this happened. They said she was stabilized and I figured she'd recover. Saw this in a random YT post and thought it was a troll at first. Four more days left in this asshat of a year. You, sir, madam, or undetermined, have done enough. GTFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 This is pretty gutting. She was one of the first women in movie i can remember having a huge crush on because while she was a princess she was her own sort of badass. Even in real life she blazed her own trail and never let her opinions fall to the way side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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