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**luv** · 12-27-2016, 01:11 PM

Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia in 'Star Wars,' Dead at 60
Actress, author and screenwriter dies following massive heart attack

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/n...469d17a2be9ed9

Carrie Fisher, the iconic actress who portrayed Princess Leia in the Star Wars series, died Tuesday following a massive heart attack last week. She was 60.
"It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning," Simon Halls, a spokesperson for Fisher's family, said in a statement to People.

Fisher suffered a heart attack last week aboard a Los Angeles-bound flight 15 minutes prior to landing. A medic onboard performed CPR on the actress until paramedics arrived to take her to UCLA Medical Center, where she was placed on a ventilator.

"I'm deeply saddened at the news of Carrie's passing," Fisher's Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi co-star Billy Dee Williams wrote on Twitter. "She was a dear friend, whom I greatly respected and admired. The force is dark today!"

Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the trilogy, tweeted a brief, but poignant, message.

https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/st...579521/photo/1

The daughter of screen legend Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, the actress made her Broadway debut as a teenager in Irene, which starred her mother. After making her big screen debut in 1975's Shampoo and briefly enrolling in London's Central School of Speech and Drama and then St. Lawrence College, Fisher dropped out, at the age of 19, after landing the role of Princess Leia in George Lucas' 1977 space epic Star Wars.

"She has no friends, no family; her planet was blown up in seconds – along with her hairdresser – so all she has is a cause," Fisher told Rolling Stone in 1983 of the role. "From the first film [A New Hope], she was just a soldier, front line and center. The only way they knew to make the character strong was to make her angry. In Return of the Jedi, she gets to be more feminine, more supportive, more affectionate. But let's not forget that these movies are basically boys' fantasies. So the other way they made her more female in this one was to have her take off her clothes."

"Lucas always had to remind me to 'Stand up! Be a princess!' And I would act like a Jewish princess and lean forward, slouching, chewing gum," Fisher once joked.

Fisher also saw parallels between Princess Leia, the lost daughter of the series' villain Darth Vader, and her own unique childhood as the daughter of two Fifties superstars; Fisher endured both her mother's highly publicized divorces as well as her father's own issues with substance abuse ("He's a little shellshocked from 13 years of doing speed, but he's real friendly," she said in 1980 of Eddie Fisher, who died in 2010.)

"Leia's real father left her mother when she was pregnant, so her mother married this King Organa. I was adopted and grew up set apart from other people because I was a princess," Fisher said. "A lot of parallels, me and Leia. Dad goes off to the dark side, and Mom marries a millionaire. My brother and I went in different directions on the Debbie and Eddie issue. He's gotten involved with Jesus, and I do active work on myself, trying to make myself better and better. It's funny."

Throughout her career, Fisher was open about her struggles with mental illness – the actress was diagnosed with bipolar disorder – and drug use, admitting that she had abused cocaine throughout the filming of The Empire Strikes Back, as well as prescription drugs. "Drugs made me feel normal," Fisher said in 2001. Her one-woman play and memoir Wishful Drinking also tackled her battle with addiction.

In addition to playing Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Fisher also appeared in films like The Blues Brothers, When Harry Met Sally, The 'Burbs and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters. Fisher was also slated to reprise the role in Star Wars' upcoming Episode VIII and Episode IX.

"I was very nervous, had a lot of memory problems initially – just horrific – and then it got better," Fisher told Rolling Stone in 2015 about returning to the legendary role. "I settled in. You know, think about it, what it would be to make three of these movies a million years ago, and now, 'Let's do it again, only you're 40 years older and there's a lot to live up to or down – take your pick.' People want it to be the same but better ... I don't know. So there's pressure on it, more than most films. But then you get over yourself and say, 'By the way, it's the younger people doing it.' You have to sort of like get over yourself fast."

In 1990, Fisher turned her semi-autobiographical memoir Postcards From the Edge, which detailed her drug addiction and rehab experiences as well as her relationship with Reynolds, into a feature film starring Meryl Streep. Fisher was nominated for a Best Screenplay BAFTA for the film, while Streep earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for playing Fisher's alter ego "Suzanne" in the film.

Fisher was also the writer of four novels and the ex-wife of singer-songwriter Paul Simon, who she was married to for a year in 1983. Fisher was also in a longterm relationship with talent agent Bryan Lourd, with whom she had her only child, Billie Lourd.

Speaking to Rolling Stone last month, Fisher was asked if she feared death. "No. I fear dying," she said. "Anything with pain associated with it, I don't like. I've been there for a couple of people when they were dying; it didn't look like fun. But if I was gonna do it, I'd want someone like me around. And I will be there!"

LiveSteam · 12-27-2016, 01:31 PM

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kcfanXIII · 12-27-2016, 01:47 PM

I don't get caught up in celebrity deaths. I mean, I know their characters, but don't know them on a personal level to where their loss would effect me. I'm not sure why, it might be because she was my first crush, or maybe its because Leia is such a central piece in Star Wars, which is my favorite movie franchise, bar none. This one though, just really sucks, and I had the feeling in my stomach like it was someone I knew personally. Must be getting soft as I get older.

eDave · 12-27-2016, 02:07 PM

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I don't get caught up in celebrity deaths. I mean, I know their characters, but don't know them on a personal level to where their loss would effect me. I'm not sure why, it might be because she was my first crush, or maybe its because Leia is such a central piece in Star Wars, which is my favorite movie franchise, bar none. This one though, just really sucks, and I had the feeling in my stomach like it was someone I knew personally. Must be getting soft as I get older.

For me it's seeing all these artists I grew up with and admire pass. And at ages pretty close to mine.

This year has me thinking a lot about my own unhealthy habits and mortality.

LiveSteam · 12-27-2016, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

For me it's seeing all these artists I grew up with and admire pass. And at ages pretty close to mine.

This year has me thinking a lot about my own unhealthy habits and mortality.

We all gotta die sometime Beta

eDave · 12-27-2016, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LiveSteam

We all gotta die sometime Beta

You can't die soon enough.

**Snica** · 12-27-2016, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

You can't die soon enough.

Really?

LiveSteam · 12-27-2016, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

You can't die soon enough.

Well Merry ****ing Christmas to you to.

mnchiefsguy · 12-27-2016, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

You can't die soon enough.

Don't be a ****tard like cosmo....this is not the place for that.

**Baby Lee** · 12-27-2016, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

You can't die soon enough.

Such a constant source of disappointment

LiveSteam · 12-28-2016, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by eDave

You can't die soon enough.

When I die. I'll make heaven great again

kcfanXIII · 12-27-2016, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

For me it's seeing all these artists I grew up with and admire pass. And at ages pretty close to mine.

This year has me thinking a lot about my own unhealthy habits and mortality.

I mean I get that. I've just never been one to get all emotional over celebs, even if they are my favorites. So it's weird to feel that way this time. I think it's the gold bikini.

Chiefshrink · 12-28-2016, 12:13 AM

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and mortality.

You are wise to begin to start thinking this way because many do not.

Mark 8:35-37

35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it. 36 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? 37 Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?…

**Snica** · 12-27-2016, 01:53 PM

This definitely deserved its own thread. RIP Carrie

Hamwallet · 12-27-2016, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Snica

This definitely deserved its own thread. RIP Carrie

Not sure if serious?.....

12-27-2016, 01:11 PM	Topic Starter
luv MY LITTLE #15 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $6089600	RIP Princess Leia Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia in 'Star Wars,' Dead at 60 Actress, author and screenwriter dies following massive heart attack http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/n...469d17a2be9ed9 Carrie Fisher, the iconic actress who portrayed Princess Leia in the Star Wars series, died Tuesday following a massive heart attack last week. She was 60. "It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning," Simon Halls, a spokesperson for Fisher's family, said in a statement to People. Fisher suffered a heart attack last week aboard a Los Angeles-bound flight 15 minutes prior to landing. A medic onboard performed CPR on the actress until paramedics arrived to take her to UCLA Medical Center, where she was placed on a ventilator. "I'm deeply saddened at the news of Carrie's passing," Fisher's Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi co-star Billy Dee Williams wrote on Twitter. "She was a dear friend, whom I greatly respected and admired. The force is dark today!" Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the trilogy, tweeted a brief, but poignant, message. https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/st...579521/photo/1 The daughter of screen legend Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, the actress made her Broadway debut as a teenager in Irene, which starred her mother. After making her big screen debut in 1975's Shampoo and briefly enrolling in London's Central School of Speech and Drama and then St. Lawrence College, Fisher dropped out, at the age of 19, after landing the role of Princess Leia in George Lucas' 1977 space epic Star Wars. "She has no friends, no family; her planet was blown up in seconds – along with her hairdresser – so all she has is a cause," Fisher told Rolling Stone in 1983 of the role. "From the first film [A New Hope], she was just a soldier, front line and center. The only way they knew to make the character strong was to make her angry. In Return of the Jedi, she gets to be more feminine, more supportive, more affectionate. But let's not forget that these movies are basically boys' fantasies. So the other way they made her more female in this one was to have her take off her clothes." "Lucas always had to remind me to 'Stand up! Be a princess!' And I would act like a Jewish princess and lean forward, slouching, chewing gum," Fisher once joked. Fisher also saw parallels between Princess Leia, the lost daughter of the series' villain Darth Vader, and her own unique childhood as the daughter of two Fifties superstars; Fisher endured both her mother's highly publicized divorces as well as her father's own issues with substance abuse ("He's a little shellshocked from 13 years of doing speed, but he's real friendly," she said in 1980 of Eddie Fisher, who died in 2010.) "Leia's real father left her mother when she was pregnant, so her mother married this King Organa. I was adopted and grew up set apart from other people because I was a princess," Fisher said. "A lot of parallels, me and Leia. Dad goes off to the dark side, and Mom marries a millionaire. My brother and I went in different directions on the Debbie and Eddie issue. He's gotten involved with Jesus, and I do active work on myself, trying to make myself better and better. It's funny." Throughout her career, Fisher was open about her struggles with mental illness – the actress was diagnosed with bipolar disorder – and drug use, admitting that she had abused cocaine throughout the filming of The Empire Strikes Back, as well as prescription drugs. "Drugs made me feel normal," Fisher said in 2001. Her one-woman play and memoir Wishful Drinking also tackled her battle with addiction. In addition to playing Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Fisher also appeared in films like The Blues Brothers, When Harry Met Sally, The 'Burbs and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters. Fisher was also slated to reprise the role in Star Wars' upcoming Episode VIII and Episode IX. "I was very nervous, had a lot of memory problems initially – just horrific – and then it got better," Fisher told Rolling Stone in 2015 about returning to the legendary role. "I settled in. You know, think about it, what it would be to make three of these movies a million years ago, and now, 'Let's do it again, only you're 40 years older and there's a lot to live up to or down – take your pick.' People want it to be the same but better ... I don't know. So there's pressure on it, more than most films. But then you get over yourself and say, 'By the way, it's the younger people doing it.' You have to sort of like get over yourself fast." In 1990, Fisher turned her semi-autobiographical memoir Postcards From the Edge, which detailed her drug addiction and rehab experiences as well as her relationship with Reynolds, into a feature film starring Meryl Streep. Fisher was nominated for a Best Screenplay BAFTA for the film, while Streep earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for playing Fisher's alter ego "Suzanne" in the film. Fisher was also the writer of four novels and the ex-wife of singer-songwriter Paul Simon, who she was married to for a year in 1983. Fisher was also in a longterm relationship with talent agent Bryan Lourd, with whom she had her only child, Billie Lourd. Speaking to Rolling Stone last month, Fisher was asked if she feared death. "No. I fear dying," she said. "Anything with pain associated with it, I don't like. I've been there for a couple of people when they were dying; it didn't look like fun. But if I was gonna do it, I'd want someone like me around. And I will be there!"
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