The Denver Post

Actress Fisher remains in intensive care

- By Sandy Cohen

los angeles» “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit after suffering a medical emergency on a flight Friday, according to her brother.

Todd Fisher said Friday night that his sister is receiving excellent care, but Fisher he could not classify her

condition. He had said earlier that she had been stabilized and was out of the emergency room. In a subsequent interview he said many details about her condition or what caused the medical emergency are unknown.

Carrie Fisher, 60, experience­d medical trouble during a flight from London and was treated by paramedics immediatel­y after the plane landed in Los Angeles, according to reports citing unnamed sources.

Celebrity website TMZ, which first reported the incident, said anonymous sources told them the actress suffered a heart attack.

Todd Fisher said much of what had been reported about the incident was speculatio­n.

“We have to wait and be patient,” he said. “We have so little informatio­n ourselves.”

Fisher’s publicists and representa­tives for her mother, Debbie Reynolds, and her daughter, Billie Lourd, did not immediatel­y return calls from the AP.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said paramedics administer­ed advanced life-saving care to a patient at Los Angeles Internatio­nal Airport on Friday and transporte­d the person to a hospital. He did not identify the patient.

Catapulted to stardom as Princess Leia in 1977’s “Star Wars,” Carrie Fisher reprised the role as the leader of a galactic rebellion in three sequels, including last year’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

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