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Post by Admin on Dec 27, 2016 19:18:13 GMT
 Carrie Fisher, best known as the iconic double-bun hairdo-wearing Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, died Tuesday following a heart attack, FoxNews.com confirmed. 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," a representative for Lourd told FoxNews.com. "She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly."  Fisher – who also starred in a host of popular 1980s movies, was married or engaged to famous singers and actors, suffered from bipolar disorder and drug addiction and eventually became a mental health advocate. She had a medical emergency while on a flight from London to Los Angeles on Dec. 23, during which she stopped breathing. She was later taken to an intensive care unit. Fisher was born on Oct. 21, 1956 with showbiz – literally – in her blood. The daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds, Carrie appeared, at the age of 15, in the Broadway show “Irene,” which Reynolds starred in. But the theater turn cost her school time and contributed to Fisher never finishing high school.  In the 1980s, Fisher appeared in a string of Hollywood hits, including “The Blues Brothers,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” “The ‘Burbs” and “When Harry Met Sally…” Her romantic life also heated up during the decade. Fisher dated Paul Simon until 1983 and about a year later married to the singer/songwriter, again for about a year. In between stints with Simon, she dated and was briefly engaged to “Blues Brother” co-star Dan Akroyd in 1980. She had a child, Billie Catherine Lourd, in 1992 with talent agent Bryan Lourd, though Lourd later left Fisher for a man. |
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Post by Admin on Dec 28, 2016 19:19:11 GMT
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, 24. “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 renowned entertainers Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Fisher was brought up in the sometimes tumultuous world of film, theater and television.  |
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Post by Admin on Dec 29, 2016 19:18:28 GMT
Before her death, Fisher had spoken openly about losing weight for her appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens last year. The actress said she was pressured to lose 35 lbs. for the part, but worked off the weight the right way. “I did it the same way everybody has to – don’t eat and exercise more! There is no other way to do it,” she told Good Housekeeping U.K.  But those 35 lbs. were nothing compared to the self-imposed weight loss Fisher underwent when she became a spokesperson for Jenny Craig in January 2011. The actress, who weighed around 105 lbs. when she starred in the Star Wars trilogy in the late ’70s and early ’80s, said her weight crept up over the years and grew out of control while doing her one woman play, Wishful Drinking. When she first started the program, the 5′ 1″ actress was 180 lbs. at her heaviest. “I’m fat,” Fisher told PEOPLE. “All the clothes in my closet belong to another chick. They have to make a new alphabet for my bra size.” But with diet and exercise, Fisher had already lost 30 lbs after a few months. “I feel much better,” she told PEOPLE. “My blood pressure is down. And I can stand on the scale at the doctor’s office.” At the time, she also opened up about the bad habits that led to her weight gain. “I went on the road with the show and I did not exercise for three years and I just ate horribly,” she said. “My ritual was drinking regular soda and having pounds of peanut butter protein bars.” |
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Post by Admin on Dec 31, 2016 19:16:58 GMT
Carrie Fisher was spending Christmas in intensive care at UCLA Medical Center two days after suffering a “cardiac episode” during a flight from London to Los Angeles.  Fisher’s mother, entertainer Debbie Reynolds, said on Twitter on Sunday that her daughter was in stable condition.  “If there is a change, we will share it. For all her fans & friends, I thank you for your prayers & good wishes,” Reynolds tweeted. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 1, 2017 19:21:01 GMT
 The family of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds is planning to hold a joint funeral for the mother-daughter actresses, said Reynolds’ son and Fisher’s brother Todd Fisher.  Fisher told ABC News that plans are underway for the joint service, though no location or date have been confirmed yet. Reynolds, 84, passed away of a stroke on Wednesday, one day after her daughter died at 60 on Tuesday. Todd Fisher recounted how his mother said “I want to be with Carrie” just before her death. |
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