- Title: People in New York mourn the loss of Star Wars actor Carrie Fisher
- Date: 27th December 2016
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 27, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF REGAL CINEMAS MOVIE THEATER MARQUEE READING (English): "ROGUE ONE" (SOUNDBITE) (English) STEVEN NARVAEZ, CARRIE FISHER FAN, SAYING: "I mean I'm kind of like, messed up. You know it comes right on the heels of George Michael. It seems like all the idols and icons of my youth are passing away. And I think we need to hold them in our hearts and try to push to create art and music and film that will make them proud. Princess Leia was one of my first childhood crushes as I'm sure with many of us. It was so great seeing 'The Force Awakens.' You know, I just feel really sad." (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED CARRIE FISHER FAN, SAYING: "The princess is gone. There will be nobody like her ever again. Leia lives in everybody's hearts and everybody's soul and it's taken us into the future and beyond. She will be missed." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALEX BROUGHTON, CARRIE FISHER FAN, SAYING: "I'm just crushed, when you tell me that. In last year's one (film), she was awesome. She came back and was terrific. And this recent one she was a computer generated young version, so that's kind of a cool way to go." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANGIE GRAVES, CARRIE FISHER FAN, SAYING: "Oh my gosh, she was a big part of my childhood, it's Princess Leia! She was just a great icon and she will definitely be missed for sure. So that's very sad, very heartbreaking." (SOUNDBITE) (English) PATRICK VICTORIAN, PASSERBY, SAYING: "2016 has been real rough, you know? Just a tough year. Hopefully next year it'll get better. We lost a lot of legends this year. So I don't know, condolences to her though." REGAL CINEMAS MOVIE THEATER MARQUEE READING (English): "ROGUE ONE" VARIOUS OF AMC 25 THEATRES MARQUEE READING (English): "ROGUE ONE"
- Embargoed: 11th January 2017 20:03
- Keywords: Star Wars princess Leia Carrie Fisher Rogue One Fisher
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0015ENSLSD
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Carrie Fisher, who rose to fame as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" films and later endured drug addiction and stormy romances with show business heavyweights, died on Tuesday (December 27) aged 60, her daughter said through a family spokesman.
"It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning," Lourd said in a statement issued by Simon Halls. "She was loved by the world, and she will be missed profoundly."
People in New York City were shocked by the news and offered their condolences.
"I mean I'm kind of like, messed up," said Steven Narvaez. "You know it comes right on the heels of George Michael. It seems like all the idols and icons of my youth are passing away. And I think we need to hold them in our hearts and try to push to create art and music and film that will make them proud. Princess Leia was one of my first childhood crushes as I'm sure with many of us. It was so great seeing 'The Force Awakens.' You know, I just feel really sad."
"The princess is gone," said a Carrie Fisher fan who declined to give his name. "There will be nobody like her ever again. Leia lives in everybody's hearts and everybody's soul and it's taken us into the future and beyond. She will be missed."
"Oh my gosh, she was a big part of my childhood, it's Princess Leia! She was just a great icon and she will definitely be missed for sure. So that's very sad, very heartbreaking," said Angie Graves.
Fisher, the daughter of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, who died in 2010, had been in England shooting the third season of the British sitcom "Catastrophe."
She suffered a heart attack during a flight on Friday from London to Los Angeles. She was met by paramedics and rushed to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Her death came a month after the actress and author made headlines by disclosing that she had a three-month love affair with her "Star Wars" co-star Harrison Ford 40 years ago.
Fisher revealed the secret to People magazine while promoting her new memoir, "The Princess Diarist," just before it went on sale. The book is based on Fisher's diaries from her time working on the first "Star Wars" movie.
Fisher said the affair started and ended in 1976 during production on the blockbuster sci-fi adventure in which she first appeared as the intrepid Princess Leia. Ford played the maverick space pilot Han Solo.
Fisher reprised the role in two "Star Wars" sequels. She gained sex symbol status in 1983's "Return of the Jedi" when her Leia character wore a metallic gold bikini while enslaved by the diabolical Jabba the Hutt.
She returned last year in Disney's reboot of the "Star Wars" franchise, "The Force Awakens," appearing as the more matronly General Leia Organa, leader of the Resistance movement fighting the evil First Order.
Filming was completed in July on Fisher's next appearance as Leia in "Star Wars: Episode VIII," which is set to reach theaters in December 2017. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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