--- title: Carrie Fisher Dead: Celebrities Mourn Princess Leia Actor description: The death of Carrie Fisher, the actor best known for playing Princess Leia in Star Wars, prompted an immediate outpouring of grief canonical: https://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-27T18:37:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-17T15:42:21.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Celebrities Mourn Carrie Fisher's Death: 'A Brilliantly Funny, Talented Woman' og:description: "A wonderful talent & light has been extinguished" og:url: https://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc637d0b5d90801ff/6988b40d0a4a22eea09cc708/carrie-fisher3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Carrie Fisher died og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrities Mourn Carrie Fisher's Death: 'A Brilliantly Funny, Talented Woman' twitter:description: "A wonderful talent & light has been extinguished" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc637d0b5d90801ff/6988b40d0a4a22eea09cc708/carrie-fisher3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Celebrities Mourn Carrie Fisher's Death: 'A Brilliantly Funny, Talented Woman'  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Jan 17, 2024 3:42 PM UTCPublished: Dec 27, 2016 6:37 PM UTC  Carrie Fisher posing next to a Stormtrooper at the European premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' in Leicester square, London, Britain. Carrie Fisher posing next to a Stormtrooper at the European premiere of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' in Leicester square, London, Britain.Facundo Arrizabalaga—EPA  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Jan 17, 2024 3:42 PM UTCPublished: Dec 27, 2016 6:37 PM UTC The death of [Carrie Fisher](http://time.com/4618441/carrie-fisher-dead/), the actor best known for [playing Princess Leia in ](http://time.com/4354232/carrie-fisher-princess-leia-wax-figure-photos/)_Star Wars,_ prompted an immediate outpouring of grief and remembrance from a wide range of celebrities. “I’m deeply saddened to learn of the death of Carrie Fisher,” [William Shatner tweeted](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/813808503349387265). “I will miss our banterings. A wonderful talent & light has been extinguished.” Fisher died at age 60 on Tuesday. She had been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles. Here are some of the remembrances posted on social media Tuesday afternoon: > [](https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/813816434073579521) > [](https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/813808503349387265) > [](https://twitter.com/WhoopiGoldberg/status/813811443069923328) > [](https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/813808520378224640) > [](https://twitter.com/AlbertBrooks/status/813808145608876034) > [](https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/813808249275236352) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRyanAdams/status/813809387663925248) > [](https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/813809461013921792) > [](https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/813806089162473472) > [](https://twitter.com/Mllemaximroy/status/813813912856473600) > [](https://twitter.com/Jon%5FFavreau/status/813814818637430784) > [](https://twitter.com/AdamRichman/status/813814863801753600) > [](https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/813813962647150592) > [](https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/813813512174641152) > [](https://twitter.com/JoshMalina/status/813816846856003584) > [](https://twitter.com/SteveMartinToGo/status/813820915473641472) > [](https://twitter.com/WhoopiGoldberg/status/813811443069923328) > [](https://twitter.com/MsSarahPaulson/status/813813632685449216) > [](https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/813817980261842944) > [](https://twitter.com/robreiner/status/813824530581856258) > [](https://twitter.com/WarwickADavis/status/813830162244571136) > [](https://twitter.com/THEGaryBusey/status/813824298301329412) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/"},"headline":"Celebrities Mourn Carrie Fisher's Death: 'A Brilliantly Funny, Talented Woman'","datePublished":"2016-12-27T18:37:14.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-17T15:42:21.000Z","description":"\"A wonderful talent & light has been extinguished\"","url":"https://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/","keywords":["carrie fisher","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc637d0b5d90801ff/6988b40d0a4a22eea09cc708/carrie-fisher3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc637d0b5d90801ff/6988b40d0a4a22eea09cc708/carrie-fisher3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Carrie Fisher died","caption":"Carrie Fisher died","creditText":"Facundo Arrizabalaga—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/carrie-fisher/","name":"carrie fisher"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/","name":"Celebrities Mourn Carrie Fisher's Death: 'A Brilliantly Funny, Talented Woman'"}}]}] ```