Actress Carrie Fisher Of ‘Star Wars’ Fame Passes Away At Age 60 Just when we thought it was gonna be all good… On Chirstmas Eve we reported that Star Wars icon Carrie “Princess Leia” Fisher suffered a massive heart attack aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles. Although it was reported that she was in stable condition after being hospitalized, it appears that the incident took more out of her than was first realized. According to PEOPLE , Carrie Fisher is no longer with us. Family spokesman Simon Halls released a statement 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 . Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.” 2016 has been absolutely insane. We can only pray about 2017. R.I.P. to Carrie Fisher. May the force be with her. Image via Splash
Actress Carrie Fisher Of ‘Star Wars’ Fame Passes Away At Age 60 Just when we thought it was gonna be all good… On Chirstmas Eve we reported that Star Wars icon Carrie “Princess Leia” Fisher suffered a massive heart attack aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles. Although it was reported that she was in stable condition after being hospitalized, it appears that the incident took more out of her than was first realized. According to PEOPLE , Carrie Fisher is no longer with us. Family spokesman Simon Halls released a statement 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 . Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.” 2016 has been absolutely insane. We can only pray about 2017. R.I.P. to Carrie Fisher. May the force be with her. Image via Splash
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Carrie Fisher, a veteran actress best known and revered for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, has passed away. She was 60 years old. Fisher was flying from London to Los Angeles on a United flight when she suffered a major heart attack on board an airplane late last week. The incident took place 15 minutes before the flight landed in LAX. Once the plane landed, paramedics worked on the star for 15 minutes with CPR before they were able to find the star’s pulse. She was then transferred to UCLA Medical Center and was in critical condition before succumbing to the heart attack earlier Tuesday. Family spokesman Simon Halls released a statement to the media 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.” “She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly. Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.” Fisher, of course, sky-rocketed to fame in 1977 as one of the main characters in George Lucas’ iconic space opera Star Wars . She recently reprised the role of Princess Leia in 2015’s The Force Awakens and next year’s Star Wars: Episode VIII . It’s unclear what will happen to Leia’s storyline in Episode IX, tentatively scheduled for release in December 2019. Along with this legendary film character, Fisher appeared on a number of films and TV shows over the years. She had been the voice of Angela on Family Guy since 2005; stopped by The Big Bang Theory as herself in 2014; and also portrayed Mia in Catastrophe. Fisher was even nominated for a pair of Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on 30 Rock in 2008; and Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special for Wishful Drinking in 2011. Fisher also recently made headlines when she came out and admitted to an affair with Harrison Ford way back during the filming of A New Hope . She spoke of this romantic entanglement as part of her press tour for The Princess Diarist, a memoir that was released on November 22 of this year. Three decades earlier, Fisher wrote her first memoir, along with the screenplay for the movie based on the book. She was married to Bryan Lourd and Paul Simon; Billie is her only child. The daughter of showbiz veteran Debbie Reynolds and entertainer Eddie Fisher, she was brought up in the world of film, theater and TV. Fisher made her film debut in the Warren Beatty-lead Shampoo while she was a teenager and was just 19 when she was cast in Star Wars . In addition to the second and third Star Wars films, Fisher starred in 1980’s The Blues Brothers and The Man with One Red Shoe. She appeared in Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986 and, later, the award-winning classic When Harry Met Sally . Fisher wed musician Paul Simon in 1983. Theirs was an explosive marriage, according to Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon author Peter Ames Carlin. The union was cut short by swinging stages of depression, the actress’ drug use and an array of personal insecurities. Nevertheless, the tumultuous relationship continued, on-and-off for several years, after the pair got divorced in 1984. The star’s substance abuse problem was well-known, starting at only age 13 when she first started smoking marijuana, Fisher 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. Always open about her life, in good times and bad, Fisher’s book was later turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep. Fisher is the latest in a long line of major names to have passed away in 2016, as tragically detailed in the gallery below. We send our condolences to her friends, family members and other loved ones as they mourn the passing of one of the true greats. View Slideshow: Celebrities Who Passed Away in 2016: Gone, But Not Forgotten
Following a heart attack two days before Christmas, Carrie Fisher died at the age of 60 on the morning of December 27, 2016. In the wake of this tragic news, seemingly everyone in Hollywood signed on to social media in order to pay their respects. Here's a look at celebrity reaction to Fisher's death. 1. William Shatner I’m deeply saddened to learn of the death of Carrie Fisher. I will miss our banterings. A wonderful talent & light has been extinguished. 2. Graham Norton Numb. Unbelievable that such a bright funny loving spark could be extinguished. @carrieffisher you will be missed. I wish you peace. 3. Gary, Carrie’s Beloved Dog Saddest tweets to tweet. Mommy is gone. I love you @carrieffisher. 4. Al Roker “Star Wars” actress @carrieffisher died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack last week, her family said. God rest her soul. 5. Anna Kendrick No. No. Fuck this shit. Carrie Fisher is a fucking legend and this is bullshit. 6. Whoopi Goldberg Carrie Fisher has passed, she was funnier&smarter than anyone had the right to be. Sail On Silver Girl. Condolences Debbie & Billie. R.I.P. View Slideshow
Carrie Fisher, the legendary actress best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, is unfortunately in a bad way. Carrie was on a flight from London to Los Angeles earlier today when she suffered a massive heart attack. The heart attack happened just 15 minutes before the plane landed, and luckily a doctor, nurses, and an EMT were on board to administer CPR until she could be taken to a nearby hospital. According to TMZ, the United Airlines flight she was on reported her condition upon landing as “unresponsive.” After landing, paramedics reportedly had to tend to her for around 15 minutes before they could even get a pulse. Actress Anna Akana tweeted that she was sitting near Carrie on the flight, and she also included some seriously concerning details. “Don’t know how else to process this,” she wrote, “but Carrie Fisher stopped breathing on the flight home. Hope she’s gonna be OK.” “So many thanks to the United flight crew who jumped into action, and the awesome doctor and nurse passengers who helped.” She added “Feel weird even tweeting about it but I JUST finished her book and was fangirling out over seeing her dog Gary in person. Gah.” A comedian named Brad Gage was with Anna, and he tweeted “I’m in complete shock.” “@AnnaAkana and I sat in front of Carrie Fisher on our flight from London and she was just taken off the plane by EMTs.” “I don’t know what happened,” he wrote. “Not really sure what to do right now but I hope she is ok. I hope she is ok.” Another witness says “It was scary. There was a team of about six emergency workers pushing her out in a stretcher.” “She had an oxygen mask on and they were yelling at people to get out of the way as they pushed her through.” Other witnesses stated that as EMTs rushed Carrie through the terminal at LAX, her eyes were shut and she seemed to be unconscious. Right now, she’s in the hospital, reportedly in critical condition and on a ventilator. Carrie is only 60 years old. Best wishes that she can pull through this.
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