{"id":34017,"date":"2016-12-27T22:06:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T04:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=34017"},"modified":"2016-12-28T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T20:11:28","slug":"carrie-fisher-princess-leia-of-star-wars-fame-dies-at-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/carrie-fisher-princess-leia-of-star-wars-fame-dies-at-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia of \u2018Star Wars\u2019 fame, dies at 60"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 Carrie Fisher, the actress best known for playing Princess Leia in the original \u201cStar Wars\u201d films, died days after suffering a heart attack on an airplane. She was 60.<\/p>\n<p>Fisher\u2019s family spokesman Simon Halls confirmed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-actress-was-60-959097\">multiple publications<\/a> that she passed away Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34018\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carrie-fisher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34018\" class=\"wp-image-34018 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carrie-fisher-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 23: THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL. Carrie Fisher (as Princes Leia) and Anthony Daniels (as C3PO) .  Image dated August 23, 1978. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carrie-fisher-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carrie-fisher.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34018\" class=\"wp-image-34018 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carrie-fisher-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 23: THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL. Carrie Fisher (as Princes Leia) and Anthony Daniels (as C3PO) .  Image dated August 23, 1978. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carrie-fisher-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/carrie-fisher.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-34018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in a photo from Aug. 23, 1978. (CBS via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fisher had been in intensive care at the UCLA Medical Center after having a heart attack on Friday during a flight from London to her home in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Fisher, a native of Beverly Hills, California, was the daughter of celebrity parents: singer Eddie Fisher, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, and actress Debbie Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>The actress told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jweekly.com\/article\/full\/34248\/been-there-drank-that-carrie-fisher-s-solo-play-swills-it-all\/\">J., the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California<\/a>\u00a0in 2008 that she frequently attended Friday night services and shared Shabbat meals with Orthodox friends.<\/p>\n<p>After only one major film role \u2014 the comedy \u201cShampoo,\u201d alongside Warren Beatty and Julie Christie \u2014 Fisher as a teenager was cast as Princess Leia in \u201cStar Wars,\u201d\u00a0 George Lucas\u2019 1977 blockbuster. She reprised the memorable role in the next two \u201cStar Wars\u201d films and in 2015\u2019s franchise reboot, \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens.\u201d She will appear in \u201cStar Wars: Episode VIII,\u201d set to be released in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Also a prolific writer, Fisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;ion=1&amp;espv=2&amp;ie=UTF-8#q=carrie%20fisher\">wrote four novels and three memoirs<\/a>, including \u201cPostcards from the Edge,\u201d in which she described her substance abuse issues. 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