Star Reynolds suffers suspected stroke day after daughter’s death
DEBBIE Reynolds has suffered a possible stroke just a day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher.
According to reports from TMZ, the 84-year-old was at her son Todd Fisher’s home in Beverly Hills, where the emergency services were called at around 1pm.
She was reportedly at the home to discuss funeral plans for her daughter, and is said to have been distraught since she passed away.
Fisher, 60, suffered a heart attack on a transatlantic flight on December 23 and died the following Tuesday.
Since then tributes have been made by a number of well-wishers, including her Star Wars co-stars.
Her candid account of life behind the scenes of the blockbuster films has now topped the bestseller list. The Princess Diarist, released this year, reveals the actor-turnedauthor’s on-set affair with Harrison Ford while filming the sci-fi blockbuster in 1976 through a series of memoirs she kept.
It came as Fisher’s former husband, singer-songwriter Paul Simon, added his condoteam lences. 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.”
Ford, 74, gave a heartfelt statement on Tuesday about the Princess Leia star, saying: “Carrie was one of a kind... brilliant, original. Funny and emotionally fearless. She lived her life, bravely.”
Fisher had become an international screen star and sex symbol when she appeared in the first Star Wars film in 1977.
Her Star Wars legacy is set to continue as she returns as General Leia Organa in Star Wars: Episode VIII, due for release next December.