Carrie Fisher - Heart Attack

[Zkribbler]

As her plane was 15 minutes from arriving in Los Angeles, Carrie Fisher collapsed from a "cardiac event." She stopped breathing, and a nurse and a doctor who were passengers applied CPR. She's now been hospitalized and in critical condition in ICU.

 

[Commodore]

Well, it's a good thing there were trained medical personnel that just happened to be on the plane or you might be reporting her death right now.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Actually, there was an update hours ago that said she was in stable condition.

 

[sophie]

That's a relief. It was especially worrying to hear they were unable to find a pulse for 15 minutes.

 

[shadowplay]

It hasn't been reported on regular news sources, but TMZ is reporting she passed away this morning.

http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/27/carrie-fisher-dead/

 

[onejayhawk]

Confirmed by several sources.

J

 

[Perfection]

It's time like these when i really wish we were allowed to swear

 

[Bootstoots]

Sad, but better than a persistent vegetative state, which is what I was afraid she was headed for. People don't typically survive 30-minute cardiac arrests even with CPR, and the ones that technically do tend to end up with massive brain damage.

 

[CavLancer]

Bon Voyage...

 

[Kyriakos]

RIP.

Maybe in retrospect she should have joined the dark side? .. (btw, i didn't know she was princess Leia, maybe you should have that info in the OP or title )

 

[Kyriakos]

Also, if the celebs die in 3s, i wonder who the final one shall be.

 

[Perfection]

(btw, i didn't know she was princess Leia, maybe you should have that info in the OP or title )

No, he should not have.

Not knowing that Carrie Fisher played Princess Leia is a shameful thing that one should not admit in polite company.

 

[AdrienIer]

Also, if the celebs die in 3s, i wonder who the final one shall be.

It depends on what you call a celebrity. Vera Rubin died today and she was the researcher who proved the existence of dark matter. Does she count ?

 

[EnglishEdward]

Alas, I too had never heard of Carrie Fisher.

And dark matter is just a theory.

 

[Kyriakos]

It depends on what you call a celebrity. Vera Rubin died today and she was the researcher who proved the existence of dark matter. Does she count ?

One has to be famous, ie known to people who otherwise don't have to be aware of the particular field the celebrity is in or their work, to count as a celebrity

Scientists or mathematicians very rarely ( by now ) are celebrities. Eg Einstein was.
Some are mostly celebrities, despite not many of those who have heard of them having also read their work (eg that Selfish gene guy).

 

[Gori the Grey]

The author of Watership Down, Richard Adams. Is he famous enough to count?

 

[Zkribbler]

It hasn't been reported on regular news sources, but TMZ is reporting she passed away this morning.

http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/27/carrie-fisher-dead/

Thanks for the update.

I have a lot to do today, but I'll see if I can't squeeze in Romancing the Bride; she plays a tyrannical, bombastic mother of the bride.

What a terrible flight. I was seated next to a nine-year-old girl. I had to give her two of my beers before she'd slur herself to sleep.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Alas, I too had never heard of Carrie Fisher.

And dark matter is just a theory.

It's a good thing you belong to this forum and not the one I belonged to some years ago. I got negative reputation for saying I'd never seen the prequel movies. Apparently that's a crime.

But even if people don't know who Carrie Fisher is, it's hard to be unaware of who Princess Leia is, even if only in a "that's one of the Star Wars characters, right?" sense.

The people over at TrekBBS are absolutely maudlin about this, with no less than about four different threads. It wouldn't be safe for me to go there and say that I really didn't like Princess Leia that much.

 

[Arwon]

Drowned in moonlight, strangled by her own bra. What a way to go.

 

[Snerk]

Another downer. Carrie Fisher was one cool lady, I really liked her style.