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Carrie Fisher: A Life in Pictures

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Oct 21, 2020 4:18 PM
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Dead at 60

Carrie Fisher passed away on Dec. 27, 2016, at 60-years-old after suffering a heart attack on an airplane while traveling from London to Los Angeles.


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Family Woman

She is survived by her 24-year-old daughter, Billie Lourd, as well as her mother, Debbie Reynolds.


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Princess Leia

She took on her most famous role as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films, starting off in 1977.


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Debbie Reynolds

Both Carrie's parents, including her mother and father Eddie Fisher, we involved in the entertainment industry. Though Carrie tried to escape it when she went off to school in London, she was pulled back in with her first movie in 1975, Shampoo.


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Her Only Child

Carrie was married to Paul Simon from 1983 to 1984 and though they had an on-and-off relationship for several more years, they never remarried. She ended up dating talent agent Bryan Lourd for three years and gave birth to their daughter Billie Lourd in 1992. Bryan went on to marry his longtime boyfriend Bruce Bozzi in 2016.


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Like Mother Like Daughter

Billie Lourd moved into the acting realm with a role on Scream Queens and followed in her mother's footsteps by taking on roles in the recent Star Wars movies.


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Her Beloved Dog

Carrie's French Bulldog Gary could be considered her pseudo-second child. He became famous for being her beloved pup and even has his own Twitter account, tweeting a heartbreaking message after her passing. "Saddest tweets to tweet. Mommy is gone. I love you @carrieffisher."


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Sibling Love

Her siblings include sister Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher as well as Todd Fisher.


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Love for Harrison Ford

She recently wrote about having an affair with her Star Wars co-star, Ford, who she described as "a shining specimen of a man."


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Original Series

She later starred in the several Star Wars movies to come after her first, including this famous scene from Return of the Jedi.


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The Force Awakens

She also starred in 2015's The Force Awakens as well as Star Wars Episode VIII which will premiere in 2017. 


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Actress and Author

Carrie went on to star in several more films following the Star Wars series, including: The Blues Brothers, The Man with One Red Shoe, Hannah and Her Sisters and When Harry Met Sally. She then became an author for her famous novels such as: Wishful Drinking and Surrender the Pink.


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Postcards From the Edge

She infamously struggled with substance abuse and talked openly about dabbling with marijuana at just 13-years-old and moving onto other drugs like cocaine and LSD by the time she was 21. Her addictions were covered in her 1987 best-selling novel, Postcards From the Edge, which was later turned into a movie with Meryl Streep as the lead.  


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Under the Rainbow

She also played Annie Clark alongside Chevy Chase in 1981's Under the Rainbow.


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The 'Burbs

She starred in 1989's The 'Burbs alongside Tom Hanks. 


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Returning to Star Wars

Fisher felt incredibly grateful to be back in the spotlight, taking on Leia in The Force Awakens. She told People of working with George Lucas and starring in the film, "I knew that something enormous was likely going to impact my life from this film and that there was absolutely no way of understanding what that was or was likely to be."


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On-Screen Siblings

Mark Hamill played Princess Leia's brother as Luke Skywalker throughout the film series.


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Mark Hamill

After tweeting that all he wanted for Christmas was the "force to be with Carrie Fisher," he learned of her death and simply wrote, "no words #Devastated."


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J.J. Abrams

During a London press conference for The Force Awakens, Fisher explained, "George Lucas was wonderful to work with, but he never spoke really. He just said ‘faster!' or ‘more intense!'. But [J.J.] talks a lot and it's really good stuff he says," she said, adding, "And he's got a lot of energy and we didn't have any energy on the first film. It's sad, really."


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Harrison Ford Speaks Out

Though he never responded about news of their affair, Ford did release a statement after Fisher was hospitalized. "I am shocked and saddened to hear the news about my dear friend. Our thoughts are with Carrie, her family and friends."


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