[aridbud]

Another great artist gone from my era.

When I heard she suffered a cardiac event in the air, I remained hopeful, but reality, if she lived, it'd have been a long rough road and she wouldn't be the same.

In September, Fisher spoke to CBC's "Radio Active," saying that speaking out about her mental illness (bipolar) has been “freeing.”

“Shame is not something I aspire to,” she said, noting that "a lot of people are bipolar."

Fisher added that since speaking up, she had gotten “a lot of people coming up to me and thanking me for that.”

HOORAY, Carrie!

We thank you Princess Leia for gracing us with your beauty, wisdom and wit.

“Karl Marx: "Religion is the opiate of the masses."

Carrie Fisher: "I did masses of opiates religiously.”
― Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edge

RIP.

[Green Squall]

She loved her dog, Gary. Brought him everywhere. He even has his own twitter page!

[bigAl25]

Here is our Carrie Fisher story and it happened today. We packed up my grand daughter and grand nephew to go see Rogue one at the theater. Our family has a lot of Star Wars fans. Blake gets in the car and says his Mom just said Carrie has died. I say no she had the heart attack and survived and was in the hospital. My wife then goggled and confirmed that Carrie had indeed passed away just minutes before we arrived for the movie. Rogue One is a great movie and when they delivered the Death Star plans to the Princess(Carrie) in the last scene of the movie, I just couldn't help it and shed some tears for her passing. I also read that she had wrapped up filming on the next Star Wars this July. I'll burn on for Carrie RIP Princess.

[aridbud]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Great way to pay tribute....seeing her last film, revisiting others she made.

[St. Phatty]

I have a James Stockdale story but I don't have a Carrie Fisher story.


Well, maybe sort of.

In some article I read, she talked about drinking & hooking up with Harrison Ford while they were making Empire Strikes Back. Basically right when they were making the scenes in the floating sky city, run by Lando Calrissian.

So all those scenes, up till when Han gets frozen in Carbonite, the sly old guy is scheduling midnight performances with his leading lady, and vice versa, off the set.

That is also the scene where the Princess Leia character says the "I love you words" to Han, where he says, "I know".


But she didn't go into detail.

If she were available to ask, I would ask her what she and Harrison Ford were drinking.

Also I can't help but be curious if the affair continued after the Han-frozen-in-carbonite scene.

[Green Squall]

Wow. Debbie Reynold's, Carries mother, passed away today. According to reports she had suffered strokes this year and her daughters death was too much to bear.

[aridbud]

Originally Posted by Green Squall

Wow. Debbie Reynold's, Carries mother, passed away today. According to reports she had suffered strokes this year and her daughters death was too much to bear.

Indeed, quite sad to hear. Two great performers, daughter and mother.

In a November interview with for the NPR show Fresh Air, Fisher spoke of her admiration for her mother.
"She's an immensely powerful woman, and I just admire my mother very much," Carrie Fisher said. "There's very few women from her generation who worked like that, who just kept a career going all her life, and raised children, and had horrible relationships, and lost all her money, and got it back again. I mean, she's had an amazing life, and she's someone to admire."

Both lead amazing lives.

[yesum]

So sad with the mom.

[Betterhaff]

A heart broken but together again. I can’t believe it but I can. I could go on and on about…

This is a corny song but she sings it to perfection. I down loaded it after Carrie passed.

Condolences to Todd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1nccwWWNVg

[aridbud]

Just saw a TV news remembrance of all who passed this year....too many to name. Losing 2 family members in 2 days....has to be heart wrenching.