Carrie Fisher, the actress best known as Star Wars‘ Princess Leia Organa, has died after suffering a heart attack. She was 60.
Family spokesman Simon Halls released a statement on behalf of Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd:
“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” reads the statement.
George Michael on Sunday and now Carrie Fisher today?
Look 2016 you were already going to go down in history as one of the worst years ever, stop trying to run up the fucking score!
Just heartbroken over this.
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete2016: YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!'
ReplyDelete2016 why cant you take Donald Trump. There I said it.
ReplyDeleteI have never wished death upon anyone - but in the case of Trump - I could make an exception. I fear for what insane things he is going to do in the very near future.
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I say the same. In this case, it would be for the good of mankind.
Delete10:31: +++++!!!
DeleteI hate Star Wars but this woman was amazing in her candidness when talking about her mental illness and others things. She tried hard to get rid of the stigma. There's nothing wrong with addiction. It is never a sign of bad parenting, or weakness. It is something only one person understands- the person afflicted.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm the same. And she was a brilliant woman too.
DeleteAgreed. I had hoped the reports that said she was "stable" meant she was recovering. I'm guessing she was on a ventilator with no chance of recovery the entire time. :'(
Delete9:13, are you an addict yourself? Of course it's a sign of bad parenting; if you're addicted, you can't be there mentally to parent. And everyone around the addict is stuck having to deal with the addict's selfish, destructive ways. An addict doesn't care who they hurt just so long as they can selfishly get their fix.
DeleteFuck 2016. This has been the worst year ever.
ReplyDeleteLast part of the last 2016 episode was people telling 2016 to go fuck itself. Well, as for me. FUCK YOU, 2016!
ReplyDeleteLast episode of Last Week Tonight that is
DeleteStar wars> real wars>
ReplyDelete"just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. So sad!"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-club-people-good-time-44405279?cid=clicksource_4380645_1_hero_headlines_headlines_hed
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/26/israel_threatens_to_give_trump_evidence_showing_obama_was_behind_u_n_resolution.html
DeletePatton " he rolled to victory in Europe with the absolute conviction that God was on his side. " At a"command meeting following the massive German attack that began what would be known as the Battle of the Bulge, Patton saw a tactical opportunity. “This bastard has PUT HIS COCK in a meat grinder and I’ve got the handle!” in two hospital tents in Sicily in 1943 when he infamously confronted two traumatized soldiers and slapped them. Patton had no concept of the disease that was then called shell shock, and we now know as post-traumatic stress disorder. Wars were about WINning and GLORY"He told colleagues that the soldiers were cowards and that the slapping—he also brandished a pistol at one of the soldiers—had saved their souls."The displaced Jews were “locusts,” “lower than animals,” “lost to all decency.” They were “a subhuman species without any of the cultural or social refinements of our times,” Patton wrote in his diary. A United Nations aid worker tried to explain that they were traumatized, but “personally I doubt it. I have never looked at a group of people who seem to be more lacking in intelligence and spirit.” E. was horrified to find that some of the guards were former SS men. During the tour, Patton remarked that the camps had been clean and decent before the arrival of the Jewish “DPs” (displaced persons), who were “pissing and crapping all over the place.” Eisenhower told Patton to shut up, but he continued his diatribe, telling Eisenhower he planned to make a nearby German village “a concentration camp for some of these goddam Jews.” what really worried Eisenhower and Truman was Patton’s desire to start another war"
DeleteYOU'RE FIRED! "Trump and Patton even bear an uncanny physical resemblance" WWW111?
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/trump-general-patton-admiration-214545
2016 = 666+666+666+6+6+6
ReplyDeleteJust sayin'
1998+18
Deletehttp://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2016/12/_2016_was_the_year_the_feminist_bubble_burst.html
DeleteDepressing read Anonymous 2:12pm. At 64 and a feminist in thought and deed my entire life (even before I knew what that was), I do feel discouraged. But I also know that much of the progress made over the years (some of which younger women are not even cognizant)cannot easily be undone. It's true that further progress will be a fight, but so was past progress. I've heard young women refuse to be called feminist, having bought into the whole "femi-nazi" concept and during the election I even had arguments with young women who did not support Hillary because she acted "too mannish"!! I feel some of the younger generation have taken the strides that were made over many years (starting with the Suffragettes) for granted. Women should never have thought they could rest on their laurels, but that has happened and now we'll perhaps have a new awakening of what is at stake. I hope many on here will participate in the Women's March on 1/21 - either in Washington or wherever they may live. I will be there
DeleteThis week Vera Rubin also died- an amazing astronomer who discovered evidence of dark matter. Yet she wasn't allowed into Princeton's graduate program because they didn't even accept women until 1975. She was passed over for a Nobel prize (only 2 have been awarded to women in physics). I was in a physics program in the early 70s and it was clear that "acceptance" did not mean you were actually accepted. Women were ignored while men were mentored. We older women need to shout from the rooftops what those days were like - no birth control (without a husband's permission), no loans or mortgages (without a husband's permission)- we could be back there if the younguns don't wake up.
DeleteAgree Anon 3:35PM. I was in law school 1974-1977 and then started practicing law. Someone just posted on FB that this year # of women enrolled in law school exceeds # of men. Wow! I just don't know how to impress these things on young men and women. As a parent, my children were certainly "indoctrinated" by me and I have a son and a daughter who call themselves feminists and "get" where this country used to be. But what do we do on a broader scale?
DeleteYour poor confused son linda. Lets hope he moves far away and learns about the realities of the world and how to be his own man thru his own experience and observation before it is too late.
DeleteHa Anon 4:45pm. I fear you are one who does not understand feminism and how it benefits both men and women. As it happens my son is 36, married, has a college degree and has a high paying position with Microsoft. I think he's doing pretty well for himself and others. We are hoping for a grandchild from him and wife soon. I hope you have no children.
Deleteoh, and let me add that both my well educated and well employed children voted for Hillary. so take that, you neanderthal.
DeleteThis past year has reawakened my feminist roots. Sisterhood is Powerful and we are not going backwards but forward✊ Thanks G for providing this forum. Onward together!
DeleteWe all die someday. They are just people, no different than you or me.
ReplyDeleteSeek professional help.
DeleteWonder if you will feel the same way when you have lost someone close to you.l
DeleteSorry Scorpie, didn't realize you were so close to Carrie Fisher.
Delete"We all die someday. They are just people, no different than you or me."
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And? Your point? We grieve for those we lose who no one else knows, and we can also express a sense of loss publicly for those public figures who die, whose talents and gifts brought pleasure or a better life to the world at large.
You actually have a good point. The thing is, if you're 20 your favorite celebrities (and I have no idea who those might be) will probably be around for a while. But if you're a kid of the 50s, 60s, 70s your idols are aging (and dying) and probably faster than you unless you too lived life in the fast lane. Be glad you're (as my dear FIL used to say) "still above ground where any day is a good day".
DeleteSorry Nefer, didn't realize you were so close to being that annoying little asshole who just has to get your little meaningless speech in on everything, where you manage to overtly state the obvious.
DeleteWhen do you stop it, Gryph?
DeleteDon't give us your "one got past me" stuff.
Not buying it.
I knew when Debbie Reynolds put out a statement that they would let us know of any changes that she was not doing good. I loved Star Wars. I don't care what people say. Carrie was my first glimpse of a strong role model on screen. Was sad to learn later that she struggled with many issues. But through it all she was honest, and very humorous about it. She made me laugh hard when I read her book Princess Diarist that my brother just bought for my Christmas gift. Yes, 2016 was a suckfest.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it was.
DeleteThanks, Gryph, for giving us a place to vent about this.
I barely watched the star wars gig but I loved her mother, Debbie Reynolds in How the West Was Won. Saw the movie at the Famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California in the 60's. It was a great movie.
DeleteIt is a tragedy when a mother outlives her child. For years I processed that old spiritual as "Sometimes I feel like a childless Mother." To me that is as much a tragedy as being a motherless child.
DeleteDebbie Reynolds is more of a rock than Molly Brown. She has overcome a lifetime of tragedy.
One of my favorite books is Postcards From The Edge.
ReplyDeleteFisher was one of the funniest writers I've ever read when telling stories exposing her foibles, addictions and family.
She will be missed . . . .
I loved that book too.
DeleteAnd yet her mother, Debbie Reynolds, lives on at age 84.
ReplyDeleteThe majority of people who turn to drugs for any length of time in their lives, for whatever reason, tend to die younger.
That said, with what we have coming in the way of fascism in this country, some might just be glad to go.
I agree that this is typically accurate, which makes Keith Richards all that much harder to understand.
DeleteKeith Richards is alive? I thought he died in the eighties!
DeleteGryph - is Keith Richards still alive? Must be pickled/embalmed to last this long.
DeleteBrits have hard livers and stiff upper lips. Press on.
DeleteKeith Richards and Iggy Pop both defy fuckin' logic; they both look like they have one foot in the grave! I guess being perpetually stoned is the key to longevity!
DeleteKeith Richards just sang (badly) for Tony Bennett's 90th birthday celebration special.
DeleteOf course, he has the face of a walnut. The meat, not the shell.
Terry Gross (Fresh Air) should interview Donald Trump and his whole cabinet, just saying.
ReplyDeletereply to anonymous @10:20am
ReplyDeleteWas not referring to Carrie Fisher. I lost my dh in February of this rotten year. Thanks for your snarky reply.
My condolences Scorpie
DeleteGot it, you are out fishing for sympathy.
DeleteMay it happen to you, 1:19 PM, tenfold and it will.
DeleteLeia dies and now were stuck with Darth Trump on Jan 20, 2017.
ReplyDeletesend a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women’s rights are human rights.”
Deletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trump-adviser-women-inauguration-protesters-will-change-their-mind-and-celebrate-trump/
OT? Fines? WTF for Representation and
ReplyDeleteStanding our ground?
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-24/ryan-proposes-fines-ethics-moves-on-grandstanding-house-members
I just remember the special I watched when she said her face was too fat for Hollywood and the infamous hairdo to combat it for the part.
ReplyDeleteSoar, Carrie Fisher, you gave a much heard voice to those who struggle. I just adored you.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/disgruntled-rockette-hits-back-at-being-forced-to-perform-for-this-monster-trump-at-inauguration/
ReplyDeleteIdea> eat something that makes one vomit 'ON STAGE", on time, locked arms, kick sick!" that might work....
OT?"for conservatives, actual science is “junk” science while a bunch of BS they make up to maximize profits is actual science." It is remarkable enough that anybody on the right could even talk with a straight face about
ReplyDelete“Trump Derangement Syndrome”< RESIST!
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/12/27/mainstream-media-trumps-arms-race-means-trump-anti-war.html
"Paster: with Trump in office, the White House would be a place “where men know who men are, women know who women are.” The massive power of the American state is about to be marshaled to put women in their place."there won’t be any illusions that he’s doing it to protect life or the family or sexual morality. It will be because he has power, and women’s hopes and plans for their own lives don’t matter to him at all."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2016/12/_2016_was_the_year_the_feminist_bubble_burst.html
This was a year that tried men's souls. So many heroes and idols dead or defeated. So much evil released into the open.
ReplyDeleteShe was a brilliant writer, funny, smart, not enough people like her around. It is a damn shame this country is so full of stupid people that lack critical thinking skills and so few people like Carrie Fisher. RIP.
ReplyDeleteHas asho@scientology.net finished the Audit yet on don?
ReplyDeleteAll I know is Gryph still lets the ashoes through here to make fun of death. Maybe I misjudged him. Not funny in the LEAST.
DeleteSomeone lock up and protect Betty White! We still have 4 days left!!
ReplyDeleteWe are losing all the good ones which means 2016 won't take trump and pence either :(
And Tom Hanks, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Sandra Bullock, Amy Poehler, Kate McKinnon, Kevin Costner, and Michael Bible. Some of my favs.
DeleteTrump still has 23 days to die before the inauguration. If God wants to prove he exists.....
DeletePer her request.
ReplyDeleteShe died in moonlight, strangled by her own bra.