Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher hospitalised after in-flight heart attack
The Star Wars actress was in London filming the latest season of the United Kingdom comedy Catastrophe.
“They’re working on her right now, we’re going to have her seated in about two minutes here and we should hopefully be on the deck in about five”. Paramedics provided “advanced life support” and “aggressively treated” the patient on the way to local hospital, Scott said.
Much beloved star who plays the character of Princess Leia Organa in the classic Star Wars movies, Carrie Fisher, suffered a massive heart attack while on a plane. Reporter: A fellow passenger, actress Anna Akana, tweeted, “Don’t know how else to process this but Carrie fisher stopped breathing on the flight home”.
There was no confirmation of the Star Wars actor’s condition from emergency services.
“Just prior to arrival, a pilot told the control tower that passengers who were nurses were attending to another “unresponsive” passenger”.
Todd Fisher, the actress’ brother, said Friday night that his sister was receiving excellent care, but that he could not classify her condition.
We here at Geek are wishing her the very best and hoping she recovers quickly.
On Friday she would head to Heathrow airport where she’d board an 11-hour flight to Los Angeles.
Well-known of her book ” Postcards From the Edge”.
The daughter of Hollywood legends Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, she recurs on Amazon’s Catastrophe, which films in the United Kingdom, and Fox toon Family Guy and has appeared in such films as Shampoo and When Harry Met Sally.
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker took to his Twitter page not long after the tragic news broke and wrote: “As if 2016 couldn’t get any worse… sending all our love to @carrieffisher“. She’s also been an advocate for mental health awareness, being open and honest about mental illness and enjoying the constant companionship of her dog Gary.