Debbie Reynolds dead: Hollywood star dies aged 84 just one day after daughter Carrie Fisher
The 84-year-old had been planning her daughter’s funeral with her son Todd
Debbie Reynolds has died just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away.
The Singing in the Rain star, who became a Hollywood icon, died after suffering from a suspected stroke.
“She wanted to be with Carrie,” her son Todd Fisher told Variety.
She was taken to the hospital from Todd Fisher’s Beverly Hills house Wednesday, the day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died.
Tmz.com has revealed that the actor and singer, 84, was at the home of her son Todd Fisher making plans for a funeral when the emergency services were called at around 1pm local time.
According to the website, Reynolds had been “distraught” since her 60-year-old daughter’s death on Tuesday, three days after she suffered a heart attack on a transatlantic flight.
Rising to fame for her role playing Princess Leia in the first Star Wars films, Fisher’s recent book about life on the set – in particular her affair with co-star Harrison Ford – has rocketed up the best-seller list in the hours since her death.
It came as Fisher’s ex-husband, singer-songwriter Paul Simon, added his condolences. The former half of American duo Simon & Garfunkel wrote on Twitter: “Yesterday was a horrible day. Carrie was a special, wonderful girl. It’s too soon. Paul Simon.”
A Twitter account in the name of Todd, posted soon after: “My sister has graduated to heaven, but she has left us all with so much of her. It is a very sad time for my family and all her friends.”
Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds with their daughter Carrie Fisher
ord, 74, gave a heartfelt statement on Tuesday about his co-star, saying: “Carrie was one of a kind … brilliant, original. Funny and emotionally fearless. She lived her life, bravely.”
Fisher, who became an international screen star and sex symbol when she appeared in the first Star Wars film in 1977, died in California on Tuesday morning, a family spokesman said.
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