Celebrity Graveland

October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016
April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016

Carrie Fisher was born into Hollywood royalty. Her father was crooner Eddie Fisher and her mother was actress and iconic girl-next-door, Debbie Reynolds. Onstage from the very beginning, she enjoyed a very successful career. She will forever be linked to her most indelible character, Princess Leia from the blockbuster Star Wars film franchise. But, she was more than a strong, rebellious princess. Fisher was a fearless comedic actor and writer. She wrote critically-acclaimed screenplays and novels and was for a time, the go-to “script doctor” in the industry. She overcame personal demons stemming from drug abuse and bi-polar disorder and always, always, kept her wit. She was a beloved icon who just happen to also play a beloved icon. On a flight from London to Los Angeles after Christmas in 2016, Carrie Fisher suffered a heart attack. She was revived and taken to the hospital, but never recovered. After four days in intensive care, she was gone.

Mary Frances “Debbie” Reynolds won the title of Miss Burbank 1948 at the age of 16. Executives from MGM and Warner Bros. were in attendance and immediately snatched the young girl up. Her career exploded and, within a few  years, a breakout role opposite Gene Kelley and Donald O’Connor in Singin’ In The Rain made her a star. Many more movies followed. And TV shows. And records. And…whatever else she wanted to do. Her career spanned nearly 7 remarkable decades. All throughout, she adored her family. Despite a number of high-profile marriages/divorces/feuds-with-Elizabeth-Taylor, Debbie always loved her family. In the aftermath of her daughter’s sudden death, Debbie, herself, suffered a stroke at the age of 84 and died the following day. According to her son, her last words were “I want to be with Carrie.”

Hollywood can hardly script something so unbelievably tragic and yet so powerful.

Burial

Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills, CA

Specific Location

Court of Remembrance, In the newest addition at the southeast corner of the CoR, Debbie and Carrie are interred together in the large, yellow marble sarcophagus along the southeastern wall.

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