Carrie Fisher: 1956-2016.

[Aegon]

I can't believe it...

This is the first time a famous person's death has genuinely saddened me. :/

Same here. Star Wars was the center of my childhood. The first movie I remember seeing in my life was a VHS copy of A New Hope. I loved Fisher for her contribution to it, but I respected her as a person as well. Her honestly in regards to her drug use and how she was able to overcome it continues to inspire me to better myself. I just loved the way she carried herself and the way she spoke; she was "Hollywood royalty" but didn't act anything like it.

I'll genuinely, sincerely miss her. That's more than I can say for a lot of celebrities.

...i honestly believed that she was clean in the latter portion of her life. But I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise. But it makes her death even more upsetting to me for sure.

[brewer]

We could speculate till the cows come home about what was going on with her at the end.

But that won't make a difference. It's all just kind of sad.

[vorlon13]

I've known of Carrie since the original Star Wars in the late 70s, longer than anyone else I've since known in 12 Steppers who came to a similar end.

It's unsettling . . .

[Brian37]

I've known of Carrie since the original Star Wars in the late 70s, longer than anyone else I've since known in 12 Steppers who came to a similar end.

It's unsettling . . .

It is an absolute myth that religious based diversion therapy has a greater success rate than secular therapy. But again as I said in an earlier post, if she had been dirt poor and not famous her entire life, chances would be she would have been in prison or homeless or dead far earlier.

[vorlon13]

* and until they were discontinued, I did attend RR meetings