--- title: Carrie Fisher Dead: The Star Wars Star's Life in Review description: Carrie Fisher, the beloved actor best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars movies, has died. She was 60. canonical: https://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-27T18:50:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:28:44.640Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Remembering Carrie Fisher: Look Back at the 'Star Wars' Legend's Life og:description: She died at 60 og:url: https://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a75d27e8d6e8b8/6988b40ee20a871218a939bf/carrie-fisher5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Star Wars Holiday Special og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Remembering Carrie Fisher: Look Back at the 'Star Wars' Legend's Life twitter:description: She died at 60 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a75d27e8d6e8b8/6988b40ee20a871218a939bf/carrie-fisher5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Remembering Carrie Fisher: Look Back at the _Star Wars_ Legend's Life by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 27, 2016 6:50 PM UTC  Carrie Fisher as Princes Leia and Anthony Daniels as C3PO on Aug. 23, 1978. Carrie Fisher as Princes Leia and Anthony Daniels as C3PO on Aug. 23, 1978.CBS/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 27, 2016 6:50 PM UTC [Carrie Fisher](http://time.com/4618441/carrie-fisher-dead/), the beloved actor best known for her role as Princess Leia in the _Star Wars_ movies, [has died](http://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/). She was 60. [Fisher reportedly suffered a heart attack](http://time.com/4617652/carrie-fisher-heart-attack/) late last week while on a plane from London to Los Angeles. [Her mother later said she was in stable condition](http://time.com/4618082/carrie-fisher-heart-attack-health-debbie-reynolds/). But her death was confirmed in a statement by a family spokesperson on Monday. “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” the statement said. “She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly. Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.” Watch the video above for highlights of Fisher’s life. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/"},"headline":"Remembering Carrie Fisher: Look Back at the Star Wars Legend's Life","datePublished":"2016-12-27T18:50:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:28:44.640Z","description":"She died at 60","url":"https://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/","keywords":["remembrance","carrie fisher","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a75d27e8d6e8b8/6988b40ee20a871218a939bf/carrie-fisher5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71a75d27e8d6e8b8/6988b40ee20a871218a939bf/carrie-fisher5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Star Wars Holiday Special","caption":"The Star Wars Holiday Special","creditText":"CBS/Getty Images","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/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/","name":"Remembering Carrie Fisher: Look Back at the Star Wars Legend's Life"}}]}] ```