Thread: Star Wars Heroine Carrie Fisher 60, dies following Hospitalization

Actress Carrie Fisher, best known for playing Princess Leia Organa in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, has died at age 60.

Fisher was taken to UCLA Medical Center after reportedly suffering a heart attack on Friday. She leaves behind a daughter, 24-year-old actress Billie Lourd, who released this statement through the family's spokesman, Simon Halls:

"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. Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers."

Fisher was born in 1956 in Beverly Hills, California, to singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. She attended Beverly Hills High School until she left to act alongside her mother in a Broadway revival of "Irene." Later, she studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and was accepted into Sarah Lawrence College to study the arts, but did not graduate.

Fisher played Leia in the original "Star Wars" film, "A New Hope," at age 19. She was 20 when the film was released in 1977. She continued to play a lead role in the iconic sci-fi series alongside co-stars Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, starring in "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 and "Return of the Jedi" in 1983. She most recently returned to the franchise in 2015, where she reprised her role as Leia Organa — now a general — in "The Force Awakens."

While finding success with "Star Wars," Fisher continued her illustrious career on the silver screen in films such as "The Blues Brothers" (1980), "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986) and "When Harry Met Sally ..." (1989), among others.




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