Singer-composer Paul Simon and actress Carrie Fisher leave the Cathedral of St. John the Devine in New York City, March 11, 1982.(Text & Photo | AP)The public fell in love with her twice: as Princess Leia and as the wry truth-teller of such books as 'Postcards From the Edge,' ''Wishful Drinking' and 'The Princess Diarist,' in which she revealed having an intense affair with 'Star Wars' co-star Harrison Ford.(Text & Photo | AP)As the offspring of Hollywood royals Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, she drew on her painful family history and personal demons to forge a distinctively tart, unsettlingly funny style as a best-selling writer.(Text & Photo | AP)She was born to one of the biggest mid-century celebrity couples, entertainers Debbie Reynolds and the late Eddie Fisher. 'I'm a product of Hollywood inbreeding,' she once said. 'When two celebrities mate, something like me is the result.'(Text & Photo | AP)American actress Carrie Fisher, star of the movie 'The Empire Strikes Back,' sequel to the record-breaking 'Star Wars' epic, cuddles up to a Stormtrooper.(Text & Photo | AP)Carrie Fisher is survived by her mother; her daughter, Billie Lourd, from a relationship with talent agent Bryan Lourd; her brother, the actor-filmmaker Todd Fisher; and her half-sisters, actresses Joely and Tricia Leigh Fisher. Her father died in 2010.(Text & Photo | AP)
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