Carrie Fisher has died, according to a family statement provided to People magazine. (Andy Kropa/Getty Images)
Carrie Fisher, the Hollywood actress who portrayed the fearless Princess Leia in the Star Wars film franchise and later penned award-winning books that included touching on her battles with addiction, has died at age 60, according to a family statement given to People magazine.
Fisher suffered a cardiac episode on Friday during a flight from London to Los Angeles, where she was rushed to a hospital after landing, and had been in critical condition.
Fisher was a bestselling author, a sought-after screenwriter, an outspoken mental-health advocate, and as fearsome and fearless a woman as the iconic character that defined her career.
Born in Beverly Hills, Calif., to actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, she made her show-business debut at age 12 in her mother's Las Vegas nightclub act, and her film debut at the age of 17 in 1975's Shampoo, starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn.
Her film credits include 1980's The Blues Brothers and 1989's When Harry Met Sally. But to her biggest fans, she will always be Leia Organa, the courageous rebel leader who would do anything to save her people from the tyranny of the evil Empire.
'The only girl in an all-boy fantasy'
Fisher first took on the mantle of Leia, a revolutionary role for women in science fiction, in 1977's Stars Wars. She later reprised it in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, 1983's Return of the Jedi and 2015's The Force Awakens.
"Those movies are great. I got to be the only girl in an all-boy fantasy, and it's a great role for women. She's a very proactive character and gets the job done. So if you're going to get typecast as something, that might as well be it for me," she said in a 2016 interview with CBC News.
"I'm not really one of those actresses like Meryl Streep. Those actresses travel outside themselves and play characters. And I'm more of an archaeologist. I play what I am. I dig what I can. It's a character that's not too far from myself, except I don't have any laser guns."
Star Wars actress, bestselling author Carrie Fisher dead at 60
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