The actress, author and screenwriter, Carrie Fisher, who brought a
rare combination of nerve, grit and hopefulness to her most indelible
role, as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movie franchise, died on
Tuesday morning. She was 60.
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| Carrie Fisher |
A family spokesman, Simon Halls, said Ms. Fisher died at 8:55
a.m. She had a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles on
Friday and had been hospitalized in Los Angeles. After her “Star Wars” success, Ms. Fisher, the daughter of the pop
singer Eddie Fisher and the actress Debbie Reynolds, went on to use her
perch among Hollywood royalty to offer wry commentary in her books on
the paradoxes and absurdities of the entertainment industry.“Star Wars,” released in 1977, turned her overnight into an
international movie star. The film, written and directed by George
Lucas, traveled around the world, breaking box-office records. It proved
to be the first installment of a blockbuster series whose vivid, even
preposterous characters — living “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far
away,” as the opening sequence announced — became pop culture legends
and the progenitors of a merchandising bonanza.
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