Carrie Fisher has massive heart attack on plane [UPDATE: RIP]

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I was under the vague impression her condition had become stable so this is really sad.

I haven’t seen any of Fisher’s work other than Star Wars but at the end of the day that is what she will be remembered for. It is a great example of the sum being greater than the parts where somehow those stock characters with their famously awkward lines blended to form an irresistible cocktail of fun and adventure. Her Princess Leia will never be forgotten.

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Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith, IIRC. Just after Anakin had been transformed into Darth Vader and Palpatine had told him that Padme had died.

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Debbie is very much alive at 84, one of the all-time sweetheart celebrities. If Carrie was a Princess, Debbie is a Queen. My heart goes out to her.

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It’s Hanukkah too and her dad Eddie Fisher was Jewish so she dies on Hanukkah and Carrie was Jewish .

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The Devil takes care of his own.

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That was what Debbie Reynolds said, not any medical professional (not that they could). And ‘stable’ when someone is in ICU isn’t necessarily a positive sign.

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I will miss her for Star Wars of course but even more I will miss her because she was amazingly funny and insightful. RIP.

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He’s more drugs now than man.

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Right. “Stable” could mean no change her condition, for better or worse.

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Slightly NSFW image (not sexually graphic or anything like, just an image some might consider offensive) posted in case anybody needs a cover picture for Facebook regarding 2016’s celebrity massacre.

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Some twitter comments from various SW folks:

I picked a few:
Mark Hammil: no words #Devastated
JJ Abrams: You didn’t need to meet Carrie Fisher to understand her power. She was just as brilliant and beautiful, tough and wonderful, incisive and funny as you could imagine. What an unfair thing to lose her. How lucky to have been blessed with her at all
Colin Trevorrow <silhouette of Leia> Always

Brian

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Carrie Fisher’s thoughts on her slave costume:

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Am I the only one who irrationally thinks, ‘She can’t be dead! I just saw her on Graham Norton!’

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I would think it obvious from his pictures. He had himself embalmed ahead of time.

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She was flying back from that promo tour :frowning:

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Fark’s headline feels hopeful to me:

“Carrie Fisher has become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.”

May the force be with you, Carrie Fisher. Always.

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We’re now in the sharing of Facebook tributes phase, to be soon followed by the “waaaah! what about the soldiers that die without publicity?” phase of Facebook posts.

I only knew her from the Star Wars role, but it’s sad to see someone relatively young die.

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It seems silly to say “My heart goes out to her mother and her daughter” since I’ve never met either of them and the closest I ever came to Carrie was in a mobbed ballroom at Dragon Con and there’s already a huge outpouring from actual friends and fans across the world, but wtf ever: my heart goes out to her mother and her daughter.
And also to her BFF, Penny Marshall, who must also be devastated. (They used to host a joint birthday party [their birthdays are a week apart, though Penny’s about 13 years older] and have been best buds for decades.)
And to her cute little dog, Gary.

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I do hope they don’t Tarkin her into the new movie.

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Thanks, Carrie, for letting us all know there’s no underwear in space.