--- title: Billie Lourd Mourns Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds description: Billie Lourd has broken her silence following the recent deaths of her mother, Carrie Fisher, and grandmother, Debbie Reynolds. canonical: https://time.com/4620508/billie-lourd-mourns-carrie-fisher-debbie-reynolds/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-03T15:21:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:49.194Z og:title: Billie Lourd Mourns Loss of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds og:description: "Your love and support means the world to me" og:url: https://time.com/4620508/billie-lourd-mourns-carrie-fisher-debbie-reynolds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09c55b46978beb97/6988b443fb4eac36a78904c2/carrie-fisher-debbie-reynolds-billie-lourd.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: carrie-fisher-debbie-reynolds-billie-lourd og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Billie Lourd Mourns Loss of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds twitter:description: "Your love and support means the world to me" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09c55b46978beb97/6988b443fb4eac36a78904c2/carrie-fisher-debbie-reynolds-billie-lourd.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Billie Lourd Breaks Silence on Death of Mother Carrie Fisher and Grandmother Debbie Reynolds > Sponsored content. 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Actress Carrie Fisher, honoree Debbie Reynolds and Billie Lourd pose in the press room at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Steve Granitz/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 3, 2017 3:21 PM UTC Billie Lourd has broken her silence following the recent deaths of her mother, [Carrie Fisher](http://time.com/4618441/carrie-fisher-dead/), and grandmother, [Debbie Reynolds](http://time.com/4619272/actress-debbie-reynolds-dies-a-day-after-daughter-carrie-fisher/?xid=homepage). The _Scream Queens_ star shared an emotional Instagram post Monday paying tribute to her late family members and thanking those who have supported her since their passing. “Receiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time I thought strength could not exist,” she captioned a throwback photo of herself with Fisher and Reynolds. “There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my one and only Momby. Your love and support means the world to me.” The two actors passed away [within one day of each other](http://time.com/4619936/carrie-fisher-debbie-reynolds-joint-funeral-service/), with Fisher, 60, dying Dec. 27 after suffering a heart attack on Dec. 23 and Reynolds, 84, of a stroke on Dec. 28. 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