Carrie Fisher, the actress, author and stage performer who forever changed what it meant to be Hollywood royalty, died Tuesday at age 60, according to multiple media outlets citing a family spokesperson.
Fisher suffered a heart attack Friday at the end of a long flight from London to Los Angeles. She was hospitalized and said to have been in stable condition. On Tuesday, a family statement to People read:
Fisher was most famous for her role as Princess (later General) Leia in four blockbuster Star Wars films, but almost as famous for how much she longed to escape the iconic character.
Though she eventually made peace with being stuck in Leia's orbit, she succeeded in becoming a stellar object in her own right. She battled her way through an incredible amount of heartache and pain (divorce, depression, alcoholism, addiction, bipolar disorder), but found catharsis in sharing it all freely with the world — and making us laugh along with her. Read more...
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