Nine years have passed since Carrie Fisher, the eternal Princess Leia of the film 'Star Wars', died. Fisher died at 8:55 a.m. on Dec. 27, 2016 (local time) at the age of 60. And just one day later, her mother and Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds died of a stroke, leaving deep sorrow.
Fisher suffered cardiac arrest on a plane bound from London, England, to Los Angeles, and was taken to a hospital, but died after treatment four days later. A later-released autopsy and toxicology report said obstructive sleep apnea as well as cocaine, opiates, methadone and alcohol were detected in her system. She openly confessed in life to her struggles with drug addiction and bipolar disorder.
Her mother Reynolds announced her daughter's death by writing "my beloved, amazing daughter," and a day later left the world saying "I miss Carrie so much. I want to be with her." The consecutive deaths of the mother and daughter are remembered as a tragedy in Hollywood history.
Fisher's legacy passed on to her daughter Billie Lourd. Lourd marked her mother's ninth anniversary this year by releasing family photos and writing, "This joy is possible because my mother existed. My mother still lives within us." She described daily life with her father Bryan Lourd and the children as "moments where grief and joy coexist."
Fisher, an actress and writer, used her one-woman show Wishful Drinking and memoirs of the same name, Shockaholic and The Princess Diarist to address stardom, addiction, mental illness and family history with humor and candor. In particular, The Princess Diarist drew attention by confessing an affair with actor Harrison Ford along with diaries from the 'Star Wars' filming.
According to the book, when Fisher was 19 and Ford was a married 34-year-old, the two were lovers for about three months. During weekdays they lived as Han Solo and Leia, and on weekends they were themselves, the book said. Ford eventually divorced, but Carrie Fisher said it "wasn't because of me."
Later Harrison Ford briefly called Fisher's mention in her memoir of a once-secret relationship with him "odd" in an interview with GQ, denying the claim indirectly.<
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