in memoriam

Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds to Have Joint Funeral

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Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, both of whom died this week one day apart, will share a funeral. Todd Fisher, Reynolds’s son and Fisher’s brother, confirmed the plans for a joint funeral to ABC News. He told the New York Daily News that he was working on the logistics, but that it would be “appropriate.†Indeed, the mother-daughter pair were as beloved for their captivating, complex, and enviable relationship as they were for their separate careers. Fisher died Tuesday at the age of 60 after a heart attack, while Reynolds suffered a stroke and died the next day, at age 84. Todd Fisher said that after Fisher’s passing, Reynolds “said she missed her daughter and wanted to see her again … I don’t think she meant it quite like that, but in 30 minutes she went to go see her again.†No date or place for the funeral has yet been set.

Joint Funeral for Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds