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Debbie Reynolds’s Fans Join Celebrities in Mourning Actress’s Death Debbie Reynolds’s Fans Join Celebrities in Mourning Actress’s Death
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Celebrities and fans went on Twitter in an outpouring of grief on Wednesday after Debbie Reynolds died one day after the death of Carrie Fisher, her daughter and fellow actress.Celebrities and fans went on Twitter in an outpouring of grief on Wednesday after Debbie Reynolds died one day after the death of Carrie Fisher, her daughter and fellow actress.
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Ms. Reynolds, 84, was rushed to an emergency room on Wednesday amid reports that she had possibly had a stroke. Ms. Fisher, 60, who gained worldwide fame for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movie franchise, died on Tuesday after having a heart attack on a flight on Friday.Ms. Reynolds, 84, was rushed to an emergency room on Wednesday amid reports that she had possibly had a stroke. Ms. Fisher, 60, who gained worldwide fame for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” movie franchise, died on Tuesday after having a heart attack on a flight on Friday.
Celebrities expressed their disbelief after the second death.Celebrities expressed their disbelief after the second death.
The actor and director Albert Brooks cast Ms. Reynolds as his widowed mother in “Mother” and referred to her as his “movie mom.”The actor and director Albert Brooks cast Ms. Reynolds as his widowed mother in “Mother” and referred to her as his “movie mom.”
Ms. Reynolds played the mother of the actress Debra Messing on the television show “Will & Grace.” Ms. Messing said on Twitter she was “heartsick.”Ms. Reynolds played the mother of the actress Debra Messing on the television show “Will & Grace.” Ms. Messing said on Twitter she was “heartsick.”
Fans also expressed their grief.Fans also expressed their grief.
Ms. Reynolds enjoyed success at a young age, appearing in the classic film “Singin’ in the Rain,” which was released before her 21st birthday. She was later nominated for an Academy Award for her starring role in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” a musical inspired by the life of a Titanic survivor, Margaret Brown.Ms. Reynolds enjoyed success at a young age, appearing in the classic film “Singin’ in the Rain,” which was released before her 21st birthday. She was later nominated for an Academy Award for her starring role in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” a musical inspired by the life of a Titanic survivor, Margaret Brown.
She grabbed headlines offscreen, too. In 1955, she married the matinee idol Eddie Fisher, forming what some portrayed as a Hollywood dream couple. The union lasted only a few years. In 1959, the pair divorced after Mr. Fisher’s affair with Elizabeth Taylor, whom he married soon after.She grabbed headlines offscreen, too. In 1955, she married the matinee idol Eddie Fisher, forming what some portrayed as a Hollywood dream couple. The union lasted only a few years. In 1959, the pair divorced after Mr. Fisher’s affair with Elizabeth Taylor, whom he married soon after.
In an interview with NPR last month, Ms. Fisher said of her mother: “She’s an immensely powerful woman, and I just admire my mother very much. She also annoys me sometimes when she’s mad at the nurses, but she’s an extraordinary woman. Extraordinary.In an interview with NPR last month, Ms. Fisher said of her mother: “She’s an immensely powerful woman, and I just admire my mother very much. She also annoys me sometimes when she’s mad at the nurses, but she’s an extraordinary woman. Extraordinary.
“There’s very few women from her generation who worked like that, who just kept a career going all her life and raised children, and had horrible relationships, and lost all her money, and got it back again.”“There’s very few women from her generation who worked like that, who just kept a career going all her life and raised children, and had horrible relationships, and lost all her money, and got it back again.”