12-27-2016, 08:25 PM
Carrie Fisher, Star Wars actress, dies aged 60.
'US actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia
in the Star Wars series, has died aged 60, days after suffering a
cardiac arrest.
Fisher was taken ill on a flight from London to LA on Friday and
was taken to hospital when the plane landed.
But a family statement said with "a very deep sadness" she died
on Tuesday morning.
Tributes have been pouring in, with Star Wars co-star Mark Hamill
simply tweeting: "No words".
In a statement released on behalf of Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd,
spokesman Simon Halls said: "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."
The daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds,
Carrie Fisher made her film debut opposite Warren Beatty in 1975's
Shampoo.
She also appeared in The Blues Brothers, When Harry Met Sally and
Hannah and Her Sisters...'
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'US actress Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia
in the Star Wars series, has died aged 60, days after suffering a
cardiac arrest.
Fisher was taken ill on a flight from London to LA on Friday and
was taken to hospital when the plane landed.
But a family statement said with "a very deep sadness" she died
on Tuesday morning.
Tributes have been pouring in, with Star Wars co-star Mark Hamill
simply tweeting: "No words".
In a statement released on behalf of Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd,
spokesman Simon Halls said: "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."
The daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds,
Carrie Fisher made her film debut opposite Warren Beatty in 1975's
Shampoo.
She also appeared in The Blues Brothers, When Harry Met Sally and
Hannah and Her Sisters...'
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