2016 Claims Another -- Carrie Fisher Dead at 60

[Captain N]

http://people.com/movies/carrie-fish...book_peoplemag

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 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.”

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.

[the game]

That's too bad. they said the other day that she was stable.

[TwoNineMarine]

That's too bad. they said the other day that she was stable.

Sadly stable can mean a lot of different things.

My guess is her heart attack weakened other arteries in her heart. The full autopsy will explain it all I'm sure though.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

That's too bad. they said the other day that she was stable.

Stable, in medical terminology, just means the patient is not improving nor deteriorating.

[Azadina]

That's too bad. they said the other day that she was stable.

10 minutes of no oxygen to the brain... This was the most likely way to go

[Eleccybubb]

Just barely 2 days after George Michael as well. 2016 is being a twat. This one kinda hurts too. While I was a kid at the time of the prequels I still watched the Originals a lot as a child. I grew up with Star Wars at the time both new and old.

[Romire]

Fuck you 2016

[idunnowatdo]

4 days left. lets see who clinches the last death of the year. rip bagel hair

[Plutarch78]

May the Force be with her.

[Tijuana]

That's too bad. they said the other day that she was stable.

Stable doesn't actually mean anything, medically. It just means there is no news to report.

[Eleccybubb]

Let's not overdo it, she was iconic as princess Leia.

I thought she was a good actress.

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4 days left. lets see who clinches the last death of the year. rip bagel hair

I swear if it takes Michael Schumacher I'll be very irritated.

[Darsithis]

So sad. 2016 has been a brutal year

[Deleted]

60 is kinda young.

[TwoNineMarine]

Let's not overdo it, she was iconic as princess Leia.

Which is a character in arguably one of the most famous and well known movie series of all time. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't know who she is I think.

[Ulmita]

May the Force be with her.

Amen

/10char

[Dawnseven]

Just watched her on Colbert about a month ago with her dog, Gary. She looked really good and seemed to be having fun. Sad.

[TwoNineMarine]

60 is kinda young.

Yup. But she was a smidge overweight and her drug abuse back in the day I'm sure didn't help anything sadly.

[nextormento]

I didn't know her mother was still around. Surviving your child must be terrible.

[Chickat]

Im so heartbroken.

[Eleccybubb]

Four more days people.
At this point the apocalypse wouldn't surprise me. It would be a fitting end to 2016.


Which non-Star Wars movie do you like the most?

Under the Rainbow actually.