Carrie Fisher, best known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, had a heart attack on board a flight from London to Los Angeles. The attack occurred approximately 15 minutes before the plane landed in LA, reported celebrity news website TMZ. A medic who was travelling on the plane administered CPR to the 60-year-old actress.
Paramedics subsequently spent another 15 minutes administering CPR to Fisher before finally getting a pulse. Her brother Todd said she was currently in intensive care in Los Angeles.
“If everyone could just pray for her that would be good,” he told Entertainment Tonight. “The doctors are doing their thing and we don’t want to bug them. We are waiting by patiently.”
Fisher had been on tour promoting her latest book, The Princess Diarist.
A law enforcement official told NBC that her condition was “not good”.
Passengers on Fisher’s plane tweeted about the incident as well.
Don’t know how else to process this but Carrie Fisher stopped breathing on the flight home. Hope she’s gonna be OK ?
— Anna Akana (@AnnaAkana) December 23, 2016
So many thanks to the United flight crew who jumped into action, and the awesome doctor and nurse passengers who helped
— Anna Akana (@AnnaAkana) December 23, 2016
I’m in complete shock. @AnnaAkana and I sat in front of Carrie Fisher on our flight from London and she was just taken off the plane by EMTs
— Brad Gage (@bradgage) December 23, 2016
I don’t know what happened. Not really sure what to do right now but I hope she is ok. I hope she is ok.
— Brad Gage (@bradgage) December 23, 2016
Carrie Fisher is the daughter of former Hollywood stars Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. She survived alcoholism, addiction to pain medication, and cocaine to emerge as a best-selling novelist. She recently starred in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Carrie Fisher ?? ?? @carrieffisher #CarrieFisher Foto: @pictoline pic.twitter.com/40eWLjVxPu
— Alexis Arens. (@Alexis_DM) December 24, 2016
as if 2016 couldn’t get any worse… sending all our love to @carrieffisher
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 23, 2016
Carrie Fisher survived alcoholism, addiction, depression, bipolar disorder & 60 years in Hollywood.
If anyone can survive 2016, it’s her.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T— Ryan Sloane (@RyanFSloane) December 23, 2016
