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Carrie Fisher, who rose to fame as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" films and later endured drug addiction and stormy romances with show business heavyweights, died at age 60.
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Carrie Fisher postures for cameras as she lands at the European Premiere of "Star Wars, The Force Awakens" in Leicester Square, London, December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Hackett
Chewbacca, the eight-foot tall, 200 year-old "wookie" character from "Star Wars," gives his acknowledgment discourse in his own tongue June 7, 1997 after getting the MTV Movie Awards Lifetime Achievement from Carrie Fisher (L), who played Princess Leia Organa in a similar film. REUTERS/Stringer
Director and essayist of "Star Wars" George Lucas (C) postures with cast individuals Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill alongside characters "Darth Vader" (L) "3CPO" (in gold) "R2D2" (short robot) and "Chewbacca" (foundation) amid the debut of "Star Wars Special Edition" in Los Angeles January 18, 1997. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Actress Carrie Fisher waves as she touches base at the debut of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in Hollywood, California December 14, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Actress Carrie Fisher presents her mom, performing artist Debbie Reynolds, as the beneficiary of the Life Achievement Award at the 21st yearly Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Actress Carrie Fisher kisses her canine on celebrity main street for the screening of the film "The Handmaiden" (Agassi or Mademoiselle) in rivalry at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
Actors Carrie Fisher and Domhnall Gleeson posture in the wake of showing the honor for Best film not in the English dialect at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards at the Royal Opera House in London, February 14, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Actress Carrie Fisher (L) presents George Lucas (R) with the exceptional unique class enlivened program for "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" grant, amid the 40th yearly Daytime Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, California June 16, 2013. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Actress Carrie Fisher touches base for the debut of her new film "Sorority Row" in Hollywood, California September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Actor Harrison Ford (R) and on-screen character Carrie Fisher posture with the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film, amid the eleventh yearly BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles, California on April 12, 2002. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Actress Elizabeth Taylor postures with screenwriter Carrie Fisher amid a photograph opportunity at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) Awards Dinner April 15, 2000 in Los Angeles after Fisher gave Taylor the associations Vanguard Award. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Actress Debbie Reynolds holds the Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy for a Female which she got at the eleventh yearly American Comedy Awards in Los Angeles, February 9, 1997 as she stances with her little girl Carrie Fisher. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Actress Carrie Fisher (L), one of the stars of the film "Star Wars" lands with performer Sharon Stone amid the debut of "Star Wars Special Editon" January 18, 1997 in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Carrie Fisher postures for cameras as she touches base at the European Premiere of "Star Wars, The Force Awakens" in Leicester Square, London, December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Hackett