{"id":195,"date":"2016-12-29T13:28:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T13:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/?p=195"},"modified":"2016-12-29T13:28:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T13:28:44","slug":"hollywood-loses-royal-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/2016\/12\/hollywood-loses-royal-member.html","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Loses a Royal Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood and the world lost another royal member, sadly.<\/p>\n<p>Actress Debbie Reynolds, the mother of Carrie Fisher, died from complications from a stroke on Wednesday at the age of 84.<\/p>\n<p>The actress who represented the golden era of Hollywood passed away only 1 day after her daughter tragically died from a heart attack. Fisher was rushed to UCLA Medical\u00a0Center when she went into cardiac arrest minutes before landing on Dec. 23.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother, actress\u00a0Debbie Reynolds, Tweeted: \u201cCarrie is in stable condition. \u201cIf there is a change, we will share it. For all her fans &amp; friends. I thank you for your prayers &amp; good wishes.\u201d But there was little news about\u00a0the actress until this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Fisher was on a book tour for\u00a0<em>The Princess Diarists,<\/em>\u00a0where she admitted to having a 3-month affair\u00a0with co-star Harrison\u00a0Ford while filming \u201cStar Wars\u201d in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds was rushed to the hospital after 1 p.m. when someone called 911 to report that she was having a stroke at her Beverly Hills home. At the time they were making funeral arrangements for Carrie. Her son Todd Fisher said: &#8220;She spoke to me this morning and said she missed Carrie,&#8221; Todd Fisher told CNN on Wednesday. &#8220;She&#8217;s with Carrie now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She was born Mary Frances Reynolds and her father called her \u201cDebbie,\u201d and the name stuck. Reynolds rose to fame for her role in the musical &#8220;Singin&#8217; in the Rain&#8221; in 1952 and &#8220;The Unsinkable Molly Brown\u201d in 1964. She jokingly said that making the film and \u201cchildbirth are two of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life.&#8221; She was Hollywood\u2019s darling and the girl next door that everyone loved, but she never won an Academy Award.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have no regrets about my career. I&#8217;m just thrilled I&#8217;ve had it. You know, it stood by me. Marriages failed; my career always stayed. It gave me the fun of life, you know. It allowed me to travel and meet wonderful, funny people,\u201d she told CNN in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds had a turbulent personal life with the marriage of singer Eddie Fish, who left her for the sultry Elizabeth Taylor, a friend of hers. It was a huge love triangle and scandal. &#8220;We were friends for years and years,&#8221; People magazine reported in 2015.\u00a0\u201cWe had a lapse of time when she took Eddie to live with her because she liked him, too. She liked him well enough to take him without an invitation!&#8221; She married again 2 more times, but they ultimately failed as well.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds continued being in the limelight as a business woman and a humanitarian. She opened her own dance studio and performed on Broadway in Las Vegas nightclubs.<\/p>\n<p>She was praised as being a kind person who loved helping others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was blessed by the almighty in having this wonderful sister who taught me so much in life,&#8221; Friend and actress Ruta Lee told CNN. &#8220;Debbie was without a doubt one of the most generous, wonderful, loving human beings that God put on this Earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is a bright spot to this misfortune. Mother and daughter will be forever united.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood and the world lost another royal member, sadly. Actress Debbie Reynolds, the mother of Carrie Fisher, died from complications from a stroke on Wednesday at the age of 84. The actress who represented the golden era of Hollywood passed away only 1 day after her daughter tragically died from a heart attack. 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