# Carrie Fisher has massive heart attack on plane \[UPDATE: RIP\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482 "2016-12-23T21:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/21 "2016-12-23T23:38:52Z")
2016 can bite my ass. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/22 "2016-12-23T23:42:15Z")
I hope she awakens. She was extremely lucky this happened just before the plane landed. I doubt they could have kept her alive for several hours, flying over the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/23 "2016-12-23T23:54:52Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I hope she awakens. > > She was extremely lucky this happened just before the plane landed. I doubt they could have kept her alive for several hours, flying over the ocean. True – though every minute is an eternity on such circumstances. Here’s hoping for recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/24 "2016-12-24T00:06:06Z")
She and her mom Debbie were working on a joint production as well. How shocking and awful that she may have to bury her child. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/25 "2016-12-24T00:07:21Z")
She’s in critical condition, and someone on Twitter reported that she was not breathing for a while, and that they had trouble finding a pulse for a while. It sounds really bad. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/26 "2016-12-24T00:09:41Z")
2016, you can’t have her. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/27 "2016-12-24T00:11:15Z")
15 minutes isn’t a lot of time doing CPR, though. Granted, they got a pulse, but I wonder if there will be any brain damage. Good thing that they were doing CPR on her as they landed. Apparently, she’s on a ventilator right now. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/28 "2016-12-24T00:18:14Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [We just watched her on 8 out of 10 cats Christmas special](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyi2fK1-oUQ) I could only stand about thirty seconds of that. It’s as if the Brits took everything awful about _Family Feud_–which is pretty much everything–and chummed it in a blender with jellied eel and fluorescent lighting. Fisher’s cameo on _30 Rock_ may be the best thing on that show, ever. And Fisher had quite a reputation as a script doctor for many film and television scripts which ultimately netted her more money than her acting roles. > [@PapSett](#): > > 2016 can bite my ass. [“Hey 2016, go punch yourself in the dick.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ6WPo-oW5Q&f) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/29 "2016-12-24T00:36:15Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Heartbreaking news. I hope she recovers, but it doesn’t sound good based on the reports :(. > [@Superdude](#): > > Given her drug history, though… All this, and given the delay in treatment given that she was stuck on a long overseas flight… not the best odds. But all good thoughts her way. > [@terentii](#): > > And the horny 15-year-old in _ **Shampoo** _. Her original line actually shocked me. 🙂 The first TV showing squeezed four fast syllables into the lip-flap’s one: “…makeitwithme?” ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/30 "2016-12-24T00:42:02Z")
Stranger on a Train, actually _8 out of Ten Cats_ is typical of a certain kind of British TV show. It’s a quiz show (sort of) where the contestants are always celebrities. Some of the British shows like this are actually closer to real quiz shows, with points being given out that actually matter. The celebrity contestants are supposed to come up with clever replies to the questions being asked. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, there were a lot of celebrity quiz shows in the U.S., but they’re rarer now. Some of the celebrity contestants in the U.K. appear to make a substantial part of their income from this sort of shows. You’re probably thinking, “What do you mean, celebrities? I’ve never seen these people before.” And you’re right. They aren’t the most famous celebrities, even just in the U.K. The shows often snag a minor American celebrity who’s passing through the U.K. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/31 "2016-12-24T00:49:30Z")
The latest from the Associated Press > [@](#): > > Carrie Fisher is in stable condition after suffering a medical emergency aboard a flight Friday. > > Her brother, Todd Fisher, told The Associated Press that she was “out of emergency” and stabilized at a Los Angeles hospital Friday afternoon. He said he could not discuss any other details about what happened. I really enjoyed her book Postcards From The Edge (The film with Streep and McClaine, not so much). ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/32 "2016-12-24T03:10:45Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Just ignore these idiots. > > Get better… k? Let’s avoid calling other people names unless you’re in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/33 "2016-12-24T03:20:02Z")
She’s having such a career renaissance too. C’mon Princess, hang in there. We still need you. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/34 "2016-12-24T03:20:07Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Given her drug history, though… > > My ex-wife had a drug-caused heart attack at 29, and required a double bypass. Hmmm. I should be taking more drugs, ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/35 "2016-12-24T04:08:40Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Let’s avoid calling other people names unless you’re in the Pit. Ms Fisher, please ignore the people making rude comments regarding your health and get well soon. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/36 "2016-12-24T04:31:22Z")
Hope the Force is with her. There I got that out of my system. 😃 Get well soon. I wonder, what exactly is Disney’s backup if the elderly actors in the proposed trilogy croak. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/37 "2016-12-24T04:47:15Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > I wonder, what exactly is Disney’s backup if the elderly actors in the proposed trilogy croak. Considering that one of the stars of Rogue One has been dead for 25 years, I’m sure they’ll manage. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/38 "2016-12-24T04:54:20Z")
Hang in there, Carrie. I really feel for her mom, who is one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/39 "2016-12-24T04:59:56Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Hope the Force is with her. There I got that out of my system. 😃 > Get well soon. > > I wonder, what exactly is Disney’s backup if the elderly actors in the proposed trilogy croak. Well, they already lost Kenny Baker, didn’t they? Although, it probably doesn’t matter as much who’s inside of the trash can, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482/40 "2016-12-24T05:08:09Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > I wonder, what exactly is Disney’s backup if the elderly actors in the proposed trilogy croak. I honestly doubt they considered it significantly more likely than any of the younger actors. Han’s already been killed off, meaning no plan would be needed for Harrison Ford (the oldest surviving cast member), and none of the four older ones (Ford, Fisher, Anthony Daniels and Mark Hamill) are old enough that people would be considering them on death’s door (74, 60, 70, and 64, respectively), and were all in apparently good health. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-has-massive-heart-attack-on-plane-update-rip/775482.md?page=3)