The life and untimely death of both Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher is one (or two) for the books.
Debbie and Carrie led very different lives from one another, and were brought up in vastly different surroundings, yet they ended their time on earth only a day apart, in December 2016. Debbie was known for her stage and film presence, her musical skills and her acting chops were incomparable. Carrie was known for her role as Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars original trilogy as well as the recent Star Wars films.
Debbie was raised in a poor family in Texas, while Carrie was raised in an affluent neighborhood in California. Debbie wanted Carrie to have everything she didn’t have growing up. The talent did not skip a generation in this case, as Carrie was praised for her acting skills as much as her mother was. Sadly, Carrie battled demons that her mother knew nothing of. Fisher was diagnosed as bipolar early in her life, which led to access and abuse of prescription medication and illegal substances. As her daughter, Billie, said, “My mom battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life. She ultimately died of it. She was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases. She talked about the shame that torments people and their families confronted by these diseases.”
Debbie had scandals of her own, mostly thanks to the men she ended up with. From one husband leaving her for Elizabeth Taylor, to another one having a serious gambling problem, Debbie was left on her own with two children. She regretted nothing, but Debbie said that what she went through effected her life significantly. The story of Debbie and Carrie is filled with drama, extreme highs and very low lows, but it is one to behold.
[post_page_title]The Harrison Ford confession[/post_page_title]
“It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend,” is what Carrie told People magazine in regards to her affair with Harrison Ford during the time they were filming Star Wars. Carrie was 19 years old, while Harrison was 33 years old, and married with two children. The world was shocked to hear that the two had actually gotten together (something we all wished for back then).
