Iconic Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher Dies at 60

originally posted by: corblimeyguvnor

originally posted by: combatmaster
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask

Remind me who else we lost again?

People, certainly well known in the UK who have passed this year :-

Carrie Fisher (Actor)
Richard Adams (Author)
Liz Smith (Actor)
George Michael (Musician)
Rick Parfitt (Musician)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (Actor)
Andrew Sachs (Actor)
Leonard Cohen (Songwriter)
Pete Burns (Musician)
Bobby Vee (Musician)
Alexis Arquette
Gene Wilder (Actor)
Kenny Baker (Actor)
Caroline Aherne (Comedienne)
Anton Yelchin (Actor)
Muhammed Ali (The Greatest)
Carla Lane (Writer)
Prince Rogers Nelson (Musician)
Victoria Wood (Comedienne)
David Gest (Music Producer)
Denise Robertson (Daytime TV)
Ronnie Corbett (Comedian)
Paul Daniels (Magician)
Harper Lee (Author)
Terry Wogan (Presenter)
Alan Rickman (Actor)
David Bowie (Musician)

RIP

You can add the following:-

Burt Kwouk ( Actor)
Guy Hamilton ( James Bond Director )
Frank Finlay ( Actor )
Billy Paul ( Musician )
Jean Alexander ( Actress )
Rod Temperton ( Song Writer ....Michael Jacksons Thriller etc )
Gareth Thomas ( Actor Blakes 7 )
Andy Newman ( Singer Thunderclap Newman )
Johan Cryuff ( Footballer )
Eusabio ( Footballer )
Carlos Alberto ( Footballer )
Barry Howard ( Actor Hi De Hi )
Sylvia Anderson ( Thunderbirds Creator )
Peter Vaughan ( Actor )
Jimmy Perry ( Dad's Army Creator )
Walter Swinburn ( Jockey )
T P McNamara ( Jockey )
Russell Kieffel ( Neighbours Actor )
Vivean Gray ( Neighbours Actress )
Raine Spencer ( Princess Diana's Step Mom )
Gordon Murray ( Trumpton Creator )
Richard Adams ( Writer Watership Down )
Dale Griffin ( Mott The Hoople Drummer )
Lemmy Kilmister ( Musician)

And also a few members of ATS



R.I.P.

I was ten when the first movie came out, Carrie was part of my childhood, she will be missed

RIP

originally posted by: opethPA
Why is anyone responding to the GCoot? Some people are just the way they are and you can't discuss things with them so just walk away.

I personally didnt know Carrie Fisher, I have no personal feeling of sadness that she passed. It's of no more significance to me then if someone else I didnt know died. I do however know that lots of people liked watching her portrayal of a character in the Star Wars films and so her fans along with her family are sad because of it so like I said earlier , I hope they find some peace from it soon.

Im not sure why people think this year is any different then any other year though with deaths..10 years ago , and every subsequent Dec 27, celebrities and unknown people died. 10 years from now celebrities and unknown people will die on this day. It's no different then any other day since the dawn of time...someone , some place died.

I can't say for sure since I don't have any hard data, but I think it's because 2016 saw the passing of several icon level stars who had a much larger than typical impact on a common demographic (80s kids, in particular).

Prince, Glenn Frey, David Bowie, George Michael: That's almost HALF A BILLION albums right there. I can't think of another year like it, although losing a Beatle or someone like MJ might make it close.

RIP Princess Leia

a reply to: Martin75



Big hugs love!!

May the Lord continue to watch over her and guide her on her soul journey.
Blessings.

I will go out and buy The Princess Diarist just for the title alone!

Thanks Carrie Fisher for taking away the stigma of bi-polar condition and going to rehab. And for all the mental health advocation that you did. I agree that "mood stabilizers" are not an answer.

Will miss the guest appearances on the Big Bang Theory. And I loved her in The Blues Brothers!

But the first People's Princess is what we will all miss.



PS -

You don't have to agree with someone politically, philosophically or idealogically to respect that person or admire their accomplishments. How ludicrous...and how very narrow your world, if you do.

We need to start bringing back a society that can civilly disagree on issues, and respect others' right to believe as they do. We need to find common ground...and we need to re-develop our humanity.


RIP Princess Leia.

Condolences to Carrie's family and friends and legions of fans.

Hopefully our lord and savior Yoda will look out for her in the Jedi afterlife.

originally posted by: ausername
Wow, I thought there was optimism for recovery.

I was just a kid, but thought she was so beautiful when I seen Star Wars for the first time.

RIP princess.

Same here. Her beauty will live on forever along with that movie. She relaly is stunningly beautiful.

Good Lord! I feel so very very old today

This montage of the dead was only updated yesterday.....now another to add to the list

I don't understand how she got cleared to fly so soon after her initial cardiac issue.

originally posted by: Greggers

originally posted by: opethPA
Why is anyone responding to the GCoot? Some people are just the way they are and you can't discuss things with them so just walk away.

I personally didnt know Carrie Fisher, I have no personal feeling of sadness that she passed. It's of no more significance to me then if someone else I didnt know died. I do however know that lots of people liked watching her portrayal of a character in the Star Wars films and so her fans along with her family are sad because of it so like I said earlier , I hope they find some peace from it soon.

Im not sure why people think this year is any different then any other year though with deaths..10 years ago , and every subsequent Dec 27, celebrities and unknown people died. 10 years from now celebrities and unknown people will die on this day. It's no different then any other day since the dawn of time...someone , some place died.

I can't say for sure since I don't have any hard data, but I think it's because 2016 saw the passing of several icon level stars who had a much larger than typical impact on a common demographic (80s kids, in particular).

Prince, Glenn Frey, David Bowie, George Michael: That's almost HALF A BILLION albums right there. I can't think of another year like it, although losing a Beatle or someone like MJ might make it close.

To me that is just the normal flow of life..
Last year people died, next year people will die. Some will be famous but many more will not.
It's no more acute this year then any other year it's just the grim reaper doing what the grim reaper does, being repetitious.

All the same not trying to hijack a sympathy thread with esoteric debates on the statistics of death.

a reply to: PhyllidaDavenport

To be fair, Lemmy died in 2015.

I really hoped she would make it. This one hurts.

a reply to: Xcalibur254

Only by 4 days lol
I didn't make the collage the creator says Lemmy was included as his funeral was in 2016

I read this story early this morning and thought it was another of those false internet death notices..
Very sad to here it's true.I was 15 when the original movie came out.
RIP Carrie.

80s nose candy is having its revenge on the pop stars of the era.

R.I.P. Carrie

May the force be with you princess ohh mine.



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