Debbie Reynolds Passes One Day After Her Daughter, Carrie Fisher
The year just doesn’t seem to want to go quietly. We barely had time to adjust to the news of Carrie Fisher’s death when news came that her mother, Debbie Reynolds, has also passed. According to TMZ, Debbie was with her son Todd at his home planning her daughter’s funeral when she suffered a stroke. She was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, who reported she was in fair-to-serious condition, but sadly passed a few hours later.
Born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, TX on April 1, 1932, Debbie Reynolds enjoyed a long and illustrious career as an actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, and humanitarian. She was an Acadamy Award winner with over 75 roles in a career that spanned almost 70 years.
It was her role as the mother of a princess, our beloved Carrie Fisher, that most of us remember her most fondly for. The relationship, however, was not an easy one for either of them. ‘It took like 30 years for Carrie to be really happy with me,’ Reynolds told People in an interview before both their deaths. Though Fisher went for over a decade without talking to her mother, they later rekindled the relationship, eventually becoming so close that they lived as neighbors. Carrie told her side in the semi-autobiographical book “Postcards from the Edge,” which later was adapted into the movie starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine.
Debbie had appeared only a few days before, reporting on her daughter’s condition, but sadly Carrie died on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to LA. The next day Reynolds posted on Facebook: “Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter. I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop.” She was 84 when, herself, followed her daughter into the afterlife. She is survived by her son Todd, who simply said, “She’s with Carrie.”
On a brighter note, most fans are familiar with Carrie’s true love, her cherished dog Gary, who has appeared with her on stage in interviews many times. Rest assured, according to TMZ, Gary is well, and being cared for by a fellow Star Wars alum, and third generation beauty, Carrie’s own daughter Billie Lourd. Gary was by his mistress on the flight from London to LAX where she suffered the fatal heart attack, and even visited her at the UCLA Medical Center.
Our hearts go out to Billie who has suffered two tragic losses in two days. Hopefully caring for Gary, who was so loved by her mother, will bring her some strength in the coming days.
This is just awful. My heart goes out to the family, you simply can’t imagine what they must be going through.
Really sad. RIP to both of them.
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Seems legit.
This is just too cruel. Billie Lourd loses her mother and grandmother over two days.
I somehow feared Carrie’s abrupt passing would be too much for her 84-year-old mother to handle.
Soo sad for Billie Lourd…
And they scoffed at George for portraying that you could die from a broken heart
An 84 year old who had a stroke is not the same thing as an otherwise healthy girl giving up on life and her babies because her husband became an evil ass.
Maybe this is not the perfect moment to discuss the plausibility of Star Wars plot elements? I just pointed out the weird and tragic irony that life in a sense did immitate art in this case.
Leia’s mother and Carrie’s mother alike both lost the will to live.
Why would you bring up Padme and George Lucas on a day like this? Some of the comments I have read on the internet in the past 2 days makes me embarrassed to be a Star Wars fan.
You don’t think there’s a sad irony here ?
You do have a point, I guess… People die, sometimes with little to no explanation. I think, we all should just learn to live and let go…
Exactly. People can die from broken heart.
Soo sad. RIP Carrie and Debbie.
2016: Please stop now!!!!! Fucking year!!!!!
A father or mother should never have to mourn his/her son/daughter’s death, It’s just not right. And now Debbie’s gone too. This is so sad. I can’t imagine how bad Billie is taking this burden of both mom and grandma’s burial, at once. May them both rest in peace…
I wonder if they will be buried in a shared ceremony.
It would make sense
I hope so. Reportedly, Debbie’s last words were “I want to be with Carrie.”
This family has had a rough run this week. After reading a lot of new this week it was very apparent to me that Carrie loved her mother very much and its nice to know that she was by her side until the end.
Just… what the fuck.
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6 year old Carrie Fisher watching from the wings as her mother Debbie Reynolds performs on stage at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas – 1963
that’s a lovely moment captured in this photo.
Indeed beautiful. Thank you for sharing,
Great picture
So sad
Tragic/
My thoughts are with Billie.
I feel so bad for Billie and Todd.
Sad news idd
A week ago it seemed borderline nepotistic to give Billie a bigger part in VIII but now it just seems like the right thing to do.
They are right to worry about the dog too since my Grandpa’s cat died just a few days after he did after acting really strange around where he used to sit.