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Posted by Prester John (# 5502) on :
 
A childhood idol and crush gone too soon.
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
Damn
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
2016 has been a horrible reaper of pop culture icons, and doesn't look to stop until the bitter end.

God's comfort to her survivors, especially Debbie Reynolds. And may her memory be eternal.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
(Copied from my OP)

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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
I don't know what impacted me more-- the example of a fearless rebel General in a galaxy far far away, or the wise, funny writer who had no shame about the comedic elements of her own life, and who doctored everyone else's scripts.

I can honestly say she was not just the kind of person I admire, but the kind I would like to be. Thank you, Carrie.

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Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on :
 
Spot on Kelly

R.I.P.
 

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Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on :
 
So unhappy to hear this, not only for the sake of her family, but for the sake of us Star Wars fans. What are they going to do for the new Star Wars movies?

She will be missed by many.
 

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Posted by Prester John (# 5502) on :
 

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Originally posted by Nicolemr:
So unhappy to hear this, not only for the sake of her family, but for the sake of us Star Wars fans. What are they going to do for the new Star Wars movies?

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Apparently all of her work for Episode VIII was already done. She was going to be in Episode IX as well.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
My heart hurts. Carrie Fisher was such an amazing person, and like Kelly, I wanted to be like her.

God rest her soul.

[ETA one word]

[ 27. December 2016, 22:02: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 

 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 


Light, peace, and the blessings of the Force be with her.

I wanted to link to a couple of recent interviews she did, but I'm having the worst time with technical glitches. So I'm just going to tell you where to look:

--With Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show", 11/21/16. If you go to YouTube and search on "carrie fisher colbert late show 2016", it's (currently) right at the top of the page. They discussed her recent memoir, Harrison Ford, etc. She had her (strange, to me) French bulldog, with her, kind of fancied up. To me, it looked like he had some kind of box tied to his back. I wondered, at the time, if it held some kind of emergency medical supplies, and if the dog was a service dog. AIUI, she got him as a rescue animal, but found that he worked well as a comfort animal. Anyway, really good interview.

--With Terri Gross on NPR's "Fresh Air". If you go to NPR.org and look up the "Fresh Air" program, then "carrie fisher", you should find that and previous interviews.

(Sorry about no links. But, among other things, I get a javascript error when I click the URL button here, and I didn't want to just post a raw link.)
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Gary is a comfort dog. I believe he was conscripted to help Ms. Fisher calm down during panic attacks and other neurological episodes. I also think he has a traumatic past of his own, because his own quirk is that he can't retract his tongue. Knowing Fisher, this probably sealed his fate as her BFF.

Of course Carrie's fan base went mad over him, and she made him a Twitter account in which he delivered droll little observations about his mistress. (I admit it, I follow).

The account is currently posting sad goodbye tweets. My guess is friends or publicists were allowed to post to the account, and they were doing the best they could with the situation.
 

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Posted by neandergirl (# 8916) on :
 
Can't get to this: http://tinyurl.com/z8e7chr but will have my sabre in the window in tribute.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Same here.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Copied this from the Debbie thread:

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Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Debbie's star on Hollywood Boulevard is almost obscured by flowers.

Carrie doesn't have a star, so a couple of young men made one and put it a block and a half away, near the wax museum, and the woman who I guess is the city's walk of fame warden permitted them to leave it there. The guys stayed there into the night, then went home.

When they returned the next morning, they discovered that the museum had loaned the display velvet ropes to section it off, and that the star was almost obscured with miniature light sabers, votive candles, and cinnamon rolls.

Cinnamon rolls.

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The Public Memorial Service for Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher will Live Stream here on Saturday March 25th at 1pm (PDT) from Los Angeles.

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