Carrie Fisher had a heart attack.

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BREAKING: Actress Carrie Fisher rushed to hospital in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack - TMZ

Not Princess Leia!

[Initech]

1. Noooooooooo!!!!!!!

[suffragette]

2. Two thousand effing sixteen. Terrible year.

[hlthe2b]

3. Yup... Be well, Carrie

[suffragette]

22. Yes, be well to her

And to you!

[hlthe2b]

23. Back at ya!

[suffragette]

25. Looks like she was on a plane when it happened

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/star-wars-actress-carrie-fisher-suffers-heart-attack-plane-sources-n699646

Fisher, world-famous for playing Princess Leia in the blockbuster franchise, was rushed to a local hospital after suffering full cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles. Her condition, sources said, was "not good."

The Los Angeles Fire Department was contacted about just after noon right before United flight 935 landed, and she was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where she was in critical condition, sources said.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Help her, Obi-Wan

Best wishes for her full and speedy recovery.

[0rganism]

5. 2016 isn't done with us yet?

it just keeps taking and taking and taking

[tblue37]

6. She is funny, smart, and cool. I hope she gets well! nt

[superpatriotman]

7. Get well, Carrie

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[octoberlib]

8. MSNBC just said it was a massive heart attack and her condition isn't good.

[pinboy3niner]

10. L.A. Times just reported her condition is "critical." nt

[octoberlib]

12. Oh, wow. Not good.

It reportedly happened 15 minutes before the plane landed and an EMT on board administered CPR.

[LonePirate]

9. 2016 is going to screw us over until 11:59 PM on the 31st isn't it?

Worst year of my lifetime, bar none. It's not even close.

Pull through this, Carrie!

[MFM008]

11. YES

Fuk 2016.

Get pissed Carrie. Survive.

[uponit7771]

21. +1

[Skittles]

13. oh dear, she is in critical condition

I don't think she has looked well for some time

wishing her and her loved ones the best

[Cooley Hurd]

14. Term used is "massive" by some sources.

CPR was used on her during the flight.

Hoping for the best, but fearing the worst.

[dhill926]

15. 2016 going out swinging...

does not look good at the moment. she's had a rough and turbulent life. she's strong and funny as hell...hope she pulls through...

[nycbos]

16. May the force be with her.

[anneboleyn]

17. Argh! I was just watching a YouTube video about the original Star Wars series and just saw this!!

Oh this is too bad. May the force be with you, Carrie! We love you!

[underpants]

18. A fantastic writer

Loved her books. Wish she'd write more.

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19. From USA Today

“At 12:11 pm the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a call from LAX for a patient that was in cardiac arrest," Erik Scott, spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department, told USA TODAY. "Firefighter paramedics provided advanced life support and aggressively treated the patient whom was transported to a local hospital.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/12/23/carrie-fisher-heart-attack/95806310/?hootPostID=eeb262943ad84c811f81e98f390abaff

[Warpy]

24. Someone at another site said she was on the Graham Norton show in the UK

last week and didn't look well, at all.

Cardiac arrest outside a hospital generally provides a poor prognosis unless there was a defibrillator on the plane. It doesn't sound like there was, although there was a doctor and at least one nurse.

I hope she recovers fully, but she'll probably need a lot of time to do so.

2016 continues to suck.

[octoberlib]

27. TMZ just posted this

2:46 PM PT -- We're told when the plane landed paramedics worked on Carrie for 15 minutes with CPR before they were able to get a pulse. She's currently at UCLA Medical Center on a ventilator. http://www.tmz.com/2016/12/23/carrie-fisher-heart-attack-plane/

[LeftInTX]

32. I heard her on NPR a few weeks ago

She is my age, but her voice sounds much older. I was wondering if she is heavy smoker.

(I don't follow celebrities, so I don't know much about them)

[Warpy]

33. She's bipolar

and self medicated with every drug she could find for years until she hit bottom and got diagnosed.

"Postcards from the Edge" was her first book and contains the inner dialogue of an addict. That chapter should be required reading for anyone dealing with an alcoholic or addict in their lives, it's harrowing. The movie was a yawn. The book had its moments.

[mainstreetonce]

20. I just heard a podcast

She spoke about her mother who recovered from a serious stroke and is doing well.

I don't know how old the podcast is,a lot was about last year's Star
Wars movie.

[Lithos]

26. Long flight

Seems like Deep Vein Thrombosis (Clot from sitting too long which breaks loose and causes a heart attack)

[Warpy]

28. Those are more likely to hit the lungs

which are on the way to the coronary arteries.

For a while, there were automatic defibrillators on long flights. I don't know what happened to that policy, it was a good one. The quicker you can get electricity to a person in cardiac arrest, the better the prognosis.

[Lithos]

29. Yeah

But it still can cause a heart attack if bad enough. Having a relative (in this case her mother) who had DVT, as well as being female, and overweight, coupled with the long flight immobility really raises the odds. Made worse if you have alcohol or sleeping tablets, the former making you dehydrated; both increasing your immobility.

L-

[Gothmog]

31. May the Force be with her