From the BBC:
"US actress Debbie Reynolds dies, a day after daughter Carrie Fisher"
US actress Debbie Reynolds has died, a day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher, her son has announced. US media said the 84-year-old had a stroke. She was taken to a Los Angeles hospital earlier on Wednesday. The Hollywood legend is best known for her role in the 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain, opposite Gene Kelly. Fisher - renowned for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars series - died on Tuesday aged 60, following a cardiac arrest on a plane. Reynolds was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre after being taken ill on Wednesday. Announcing her death later, her son Todd Fisher told AP news agency: "She's now with Carrie and we're all heartbroken.'' He added that the stress of his sister's death "was too much" for their mother On Tuesday Reynolds posted a statement about her daughter's death on Facebook: "Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter. I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop." Reynolds was leading lady in a succession of major Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 60s. She received a best-actress Academy Award nomination for the 1964 musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown. In 2015, she was given a lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild. The award was presented to her by her daughter. Reynolds married singer Eddie Fisher in 1955, and had two children, Carrie and Todd. The couple divorced in 1959. Reynolds married twice more.
^ It's sad to think that Debbie Reynolds is gone especially only a day after her daughter died. My mom really loved one of her movies: "The Singing Nun" and I would watch it with her. ^
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