UPDATED: ‘Star Wars’ Actress Carrie Fisher In ICU After Heart Attack
Few Details About Star’s Condition
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UPDATE: Fisher’s brother, Todd Fisher, said she remains in the intensive care unit and is in fact still in critical condition.Â
“It’s not fair to say ‘stable.’ I am not saying she is fine, or not fine,” Fisher told Reuters. “She is in the ICU.”
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“It’s not fair to say ‘stable.’ I am not saying she is fine, or not fine,” he told Reuters by telephone in response to reports about her condition. “She is in the ICU.”
Actress and author Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in Star Wars, has been stabilized at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack Friday aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles.Â
Fisher, 60, was initially reported in critical condition after suffering a “cardiac episode” shortly before the United Airlines flight landed. She was treated by passengers and crew onboard before being rushed to the hospital after landing at LAX airport.Â
Fisher’s brother, Todd Fisher, later told the Associated Press she was “out of emergency,” The Guardian reports, but said he could not provide further details.Â
Fisher was returning from a book tour for her recently published autobiography, “Princess Diarist,” her eighth book.Â
Fellow Star Wars stars and others took to Twitter to express their sympathies.Â
Thoughts and prayers for our friend and everyone’s favorite princess right now.. @carrieffisher
— Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) December 23, 2016
as if 2016 couldn’t get any worse… sending all our love to @carrieffisher
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 23, 2016
@carrieffisher The whole world is sending you so much love! Sending you the universes most powerful Force XXXXXâ¤â¤â¤
— Gwendoline Christie (@lovegwendoline) December 23, 2016
I ask everyone to stop for a moment and send special thoughts to @carrieffisher.
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) December 23, 2016
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