Carrie Fisher, known for her Princess Leia Organa role dies at 60

Carrie Fisher, the actress best known for her star turn as Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars films, died Tuesday aged 60, days after a cardiac arrest on a transatlantic journey. She was enamoured by fans and people in the industry, to whom she was much more than a beloved character, but also a strong supporter and voice on treatment of mental illness and drug addiction.

Her Star Wars co-star Mark Hamill, said in a Facebook post: “Carrie was one-of-a-kind who belonged to us all – whether she liked it or not. She was [sic] OUR Princess, damn it, and the actress who played her blurred into one gorgeous, fiercely independent and ferociously funny, take-charge woman who took our collective breath away.”