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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 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]