SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
from the The-Force-will-be-with-you,-always. dept.
Submitted via IRC for cmn32480
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. "Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers."
Source: http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/
[UPDATE:]
Submitted via IRC for martyb
NPR reports: Actress Debbie Reynolds Dies A Day After Daughter Carrie Fisher's Death.
That means that Billie Lourd, who had a minor role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and was slated for a part in the sequel, Star Wars: Episode VIII, lost both her mother and her grandmother in the same week.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 28 2016, @01:41AM
You twat! Carrie Fisher was an actress, a writer and a witty, intelligent woman who publicly battled bi-polar disorder and addiction. Despite all her problems, she was forthright, unapologetic and held in the highest regard by the public and (seemingly) everyone that knew her. The circumstances of her passing were both unexpected and sad. She was and remains a cultural icon and this is the of many first celebrity deaths this year that brought tears to my eyes.
Carrie Fisher was a public personality, we grew up with her and most of us liked her. Vera Rubin??? I have no idea who the person behind that name actually is.