Hollywood and the world lost another royal member, sadly.

Actress Debbie Reynolds, the mother of Carrie Fisher, died from complications from a stroke on Wednesday at the age of 84.

The actress who represented the golden era of Hollywood passed away only 1 day after her daughter tragically died from a heart attack. Fisher was rushed to UCLA Medical Center when she went into cardiac arrest minutes before landing on Dec. 23.

Her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, Tweeted: “Carrie is in stable condition. “If there is a change, we will share it. For all her fans & friends. I thank you for your prayers & good wishes.” But there was little news about the actress until this morning.

Fisher was on a book tour for The Princess Diarists, where she admitted to having a 3-month affair with co-star Harrison Ford while filming “Star Wars” in 1977.

Reynolds was rushed to the hospital after 1 p.m. when someone called 911 to report that she was having a stroke at her Beverly Hills home. At the time they were making funeral arrangements for Carrie. Her son Todd Fisher said: “She spoke to me this morning and said she missed Carrie,” Todd Fisher told CNN on Wednesday. “She’s with Carrie now.”

She was born Mary Frances Reynolds and her father called her “Debbie,” and the name stuck. Reynolds rose to fame for her role in the musical “Singin’ in the Rain” in 1952 and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” in 1964. She jokingly said that making the film and “childbirth are two of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life.” She was Hollywood’s darling and the girl next door that everyone loved, but she never won an Academy Award.

“I have no regrets about my career. I’m just thrilled I’ve had it. You know, it stood by me. Marriages failed; my career always stayed. It gave me the fun of life, you know. It allowed me to travel and meet wonderful, funny people,” she told CNN in 1990.

Reynolds had a turbulent personal life with the marriage of singer Eddie Fish, who left her for the sultry Elizabeth Taylor, a friend of hers. It was a huge love triangle and scandal. “We were friends for years and years,” People magazine reported in 2015. “We had a lapse of time when she took Eddie to live with her because she liked him, too. She liked him well enough to take him without an invitation!” She married again 2 more times, but they ultimately failed as well.

Reynolds continued being in the limelight as a business woman and a humanitarian. She opened her own dance studio and performed on Broadway in Las Vegas nightclubs.

She was praised as being a kind person who loved helping others.

“I was blessed by the almighty in having this wonderful sister who taught me so much in life,” Friend and actress Ruta Lee told CNN. “Debbie was without a doubt one of the most generous, wonderful, loving human beings that God put on this Earth.”

There is a bright spot to this misfortune. Mother and daughter will be forever united.

 

 

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