Carrie Fisher of Star Wars fame dies after heart attack

December 27, 2016 23:54

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, People magazine reported, citing the family's publicist.

"It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning," the statement from family spokesman Simon Halls read. Fisher was 60 years old.

Fisher starred in the original Star Wars film, A New Hope, at age 20 in 1977. She continued to play a lead role in the iconic sci-fi series alongside co-stars Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, starring in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Return of the Jedi in 1983.

She most recently returned to the franchise in 2015, where she reprised her role as Leia Organa -- now a general -- in The Force Awakens.

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