Happy Birthday: Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016)

Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016)

Born: April 1, 1932 in El Paso, Texas, USA
Died: December 28, 2016 (age 84) in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to: Richard Hamlett (25 May 1984 – 1996) (divorced)
Harry Karl (25 November 1960 – 1973) (divorced)
Eddie Fisher (26 September 1955 – 1959) (divorced) (2 children)

I only had radio growing up, so I loved going to the movies. I always had a thing for a fairy-tale ending.

[on Carrie Fisher] People used to call her “Debbie Reynolds’ daughter,” now they call me “Princess Leia’s mother!”

[on the announcement that daughter Carrie Fisher is in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)] She’s very excited about it . . . she’s been on a diet ever since, because you know they have to be up to par, so she looks terrific, she’s lost 40 pounds.

Upon the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher…