American sweetheart Debbie Reynolds dies

The city of Hollywood is currently at his sad peak during this festive mood as it has witnessed the greatest of  tragic hurricanes in a space of just twenty four hours. It couldn't be better told than imagined how the Hollywood community is coping with her current tragedies most especially with the loss of super star divas whose contribution to the big screen knows no bounds. 

 

It was yet another shock as Hollywood witnessed another death just after the sudden demise of  Actress and Star Wars mega star Fisher Carrie better known as Princess Leia in her "Star Wars" movie role which became a quick blockbuster breaking box office record. 

Debbie died at 84

 

Day after she died, Mother and American sweetheart cum Hollywood connoisseur Debbie Reynolds has been reported dead Wednesday, shortly after the demise of daughter. Though, it seems unclear what really killed Debbie, but according to a source who spoke to the Los Angeles Times,she had complained of breathing problems  -- but she was reeling emotionally from losing her daughter, who was 60.  

 

According to TMZ,  Reynolds suffered a stroke at her son Todd Fisher's Beverly Hills home late on Wednesday after telling him "I miss her so much, I want to be with Carrie,".

"She spoke to me this morning and said she missed Carrie," said Reynolds' son Todd Fisher. "She's with Carrie now. Reynolds' long career in entertainment 

 

In late November in an interview on WHYY's "Fresh Air," host Terry Gross spoke with Fisher about her mother.

 

"I could appreciate -- she's an immensely powerful woman. And I just admire my mother very much. She also annoys me sometimes when she's, you know, mad at the nurses," Fisher said, referring to a time years ago when Reynolds was ill. "But, you know, she's an extraordinary woman, extraordinary.

 

"There are 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. I mean, she's had an amazing life, and she's someone to admire."

Gross asked if Fisher admired her mother's strength and accomplishments as Fisher got older.

"Oh, God, yeah. No, when I was a kid, I just thought she was someone who was telling me what to do. And I didn't want to do it."

 

Reynolds was one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s. Born Mary Frances Reynolds, she was a bubbly singer, dancer and actress who starred in "Singin' in the Rain" and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown."  

Reynolds' film career began after being spotted in a beauty pageant at age 16. She became famous when she was picked to co-star with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor in "Singin' in the Rain," one of Hollywood's best-known musicals.

 

She married, then famously divorced, singing sensation Eddie Fisher, who left Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor in 1959.  

Screen Actors Guild president Gabrielle Carteris said in a statement: "We have lost a unique talent and a national treasure. Coming so close to the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher, this is truly a double tragedy".
"Their imprint on our culture is profound, and they both will live on."