The Death Of Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds’ Causes of Death Revealed
Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds’ death certificates, obtained by TMZ, have revealed the actresses’ official causes of death. According to the site, Reynolds died from intracerebral hemorrhage, also known as a stroke. The document says that Reynolds, who passed away on December 28 at the age of 84, died from a blood vessel that ruptured and caused bleeding in her brain. Hypertension is listed as an underlying cause of the stroke.
The Singin’ In the Rain star was taken by ambulance from her son Todd Fisher’s home in Beverly Hills, California, after he called 911. She died shortly after at the hospital, just one day after her daughter, Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher, passed away.
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According to Fisher’s death certificate, the actress died from “cardiac arrest/deferred”, meaning the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office still needs to do more testing to determine the trigger for her massive heart attack, TMZ reports. According to the site, toxicology tests will be performed to determine if there were any drugs in her system that could have contributed to her death.
As previously reported, Fisher suffered a heart attack while on board a flight from London to LAX on Friday, December 23. She died four days later in at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, after four days in intensive care at age 60.
Fisher and Reynolds were remembered during a memorial and funeral last week. Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, gathered her mom’s close friends and family members for one last celebration at her famed Beverly Hills home on January 5. One day later, on Friday, January 7, some of Fisher’s ashes were buried – in a Prozac pill-shaped urn in a nod to her openness about suffering from bipolar disorder – with Reynolds at Los Angeles’ Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The famous icons were also honored with a tribute segment during the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
I don’t remember much about things like the order we shot scenes in or who I got to know well first. Nor did anyone mention that one day I would be called upon to remember any of this long-ago experience.
Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress, writer and humorist. She first became known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars film series. Her other film roles included Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The ‘Burbs (1989), and When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge and the screenplay for the film of the book, as well as an autobiographical one-woman play, and its non-fiction book, Wishful Drinking, based on the play. She worked on other writers’ screenplays as a script doctor. In later years, she earned praise for speaking publicly about her experiences with bipolar disorder and drug addiction.
Fisher was the daughter of the singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. Fisher and her mother appear in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, a 2016 documentary about their relationship. It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Fisher died of cardiac arrest on December 27, 2016, at age 60, four days after experiencing a medical emergency during a transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles. Her final film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, is set for release on December 15, 2017.
