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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday December 27 2016, @06:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the The-Force-will-be-with-you,-always. dept.

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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.


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  • (Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Tuesday December 27 2016, @09:41PM

    by cmn32480 (443) <reversethis-{moc.liamg} {ta} {08423nmc}> on Tuesday December 27 2016, @09:41PM (#446474) Journal

    Keep in mind that during the holiday week, we are trying to schedule out multiple days in advance to afford the editors time off and the ability to enjoy their families.

    As of this comment, we are currently scheduling stories for December 30th (UTC). A story on Vera Rubin is slated to go out on December 30 at 1:11am UTC.

    If you take a look into the story and submission queues [soylentnews.org], you will see a larger number from Arthur T. Knackerbracket. Arthur is the story scraping RSS bot that we use when the queue gets empty.

    Please feel free to toss something in, it'd be a nice help to the editors. We'll even credit you as a first time submitter, if you'd like.

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