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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:]
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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) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday December 28 2016, @10:03PM
Props for mentioning Widlar. He along with Pease and Williams are the unsung heroes of the analog world.
But it strikes me as odd that you didn't mention Dennis Ritchie. Ritchie passed away Oct 11th, 2011. less than a week after Steve Jobs who passed away Oct 5th. He didn't get the same mention that Jobs did. Oddly enough, Jim Williams and Bob Pease passed away within a week of each other that same year in June. Pease on the 18th and Williams on the 12th. 2011 was a very sad year for the tech world.
I don't care to follow celebrities or anything about them. But those guys, with the exception of Jobs (no disrespect, I just don't care for him) were my celebrities.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday January 02 2017, @01:16PM
Dennis Ritchie
I wanted to find a guy who did two separate things of similar level that the press is confusing into one thing. So the Widlar-ian chimera of the current band mirror gap reference could be a thing in journalist land...
were my celebrities.
As a little proto-engineer I used to read Pease's column in that tech industry magazine who's name I long forgot. A collection of those would be the world's weirdest EE textbook. They used to be online at Nat Semi's website, er I think they were.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday January 02 2017, @03:28PM
Electronic Design. I used to get it way back and enjoyed his columns. Called Pease Porridge and always included his tag line: "Whats all this X stuff anyhow?"
An appropriate column: http://electronicdesign.com/analog/what-s-all-widlar-stuff-anyhow [electronicdesign.com]