Carrie Fisher in intensive care

She is only about 60 so this is really young to have a heart attack (myocardial infarction).

Maybe it was the seats on the airplane ??

They are really bad for your legs.
 
She is only about 60 so this is really young to have a heart attack (myocardial infarction).

Maybe it was the seats on the airplane ??

They are really bad for your legs.

I had my first heart attack at the age of 49. But it was very mild.
 
Hope she gets better soon.

Never had an attack, hope never will, but who knows?
 
Uncle Ferd thought she was a babe back inna day...
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Carrie Fisher in stable condition after medical emergency
December 23, 2016 -- Carrie Fisher is in stable condition after suffering a medical emergency aboard a flight Friday.
Her brother, Todd Fisher, told The Associated Press that she was "out of emergency" and stabilized at a Los Angeles hospital Friday afternoon. He said he could not discuss any other details about what happened. The 60-year-old Star Wars star experienced medical trouble during a flight from London and was treated by paramedics immediately upon landing in Los Angeles around noon Friday, according to reports citing unnamed sources. Celebrity website TMZ, which first reported the incident, said anonymous sources told them the actress suffered a heart attack. Fisher's publicists and representatives for her mother, Debbie Reynolds, and her daughter, Billie Lourd, did not immediately return calls from the AP.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said paramedics administered advanced life-saving care to a patient at Los Angeles International Airport Friday and transported the person to a nearby hospital. He did not identify the patient as Fisher. The actress and author is considered a member of Hollywood royalty — her parents are Debbie Reynolds and the late singer Eddie Fisher.

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Hi ever'body, I had a heart attack but I'm doin' okay now.​
Catapulted to stardom as Princess Leia in 1977's Star Wars, Carrie Fisher reprised the role as the tough-as-nails leader of a galactic rebellion in three sequels, including last year's Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Fisher is best known for her portrayal of Leia, but she is also an accomplished writer known for no-holds-barred accounts of her struggles with addiction and mental illness.

Her thinly veiled autobiography Postcards from the Edge was adapted into a 1987 film version starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep. She transformed her one-woman show Wishful Drinking, which played on Broadway and was filmed for HBO, was also turned into a book. She has recently been promoting her latest book, The Princess Diarist, in which she reveals that she and co-star Harrison Ford had an affair on the set of Star Wars.

Carrie Fisher In Stable Condition After Medical Emergency
 
She is only about 60 so this is really young to have a heart attack (myocardial infarction).

Maybe it was the seats on the airplane ??

They are really bad for your legs.

Yes probably due to a DVT.
 
Uncle Ferd says she's Jamie Lee Curtis' half-sister...
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Carrie Fisher: Friends and family wish recovery after heart attack
24 December 2016 Friends, family and colleagues have sent best wishes to the actress Carrie Fisher, who is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack during a flight, her brother says.
Fisher, 60, who played Princess Leia in Star Wars, was taken ill on a flight from London to LA on Friday. Passengers attempted to revive her with CPR and she was taken to hospital when the plane landed. Co-star Harrison Ford said he was "shocked and saddened" by the news. "Our thoughts are with Carrie, her family and friends," he said. Ford played Fisher's on-screen love interest in the franchise, and Fisher revealed earlier this year in a memoir that the pair had a brief off-screen romance. Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, said he was sending "all our love" and Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca, tweeted his thoughts and prayers for "everyone's favourite princess".

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Fisher's brother Todd said she was in intensive care in Los Angeles. "We have to wait and be patient," he said. "We have so little information ourselves." He added: "She's obviously a very tough girl who's survived many things. I encourage everyone to pray for her." Fisher had been on tour promoting her latest book, The Princess Diarist. The heart attack happened about 15 minutes before the plane landed in LA, celebrity news website TMZ reported. A medic who was travelling on the plane administered CPR. Paramedics then spent a further 15 minutes administering more CPR to Fisher before getting a pulse, TMZ said. The actress was on a ventilator in the UCLA medical centre, the website said.

A law enforcement official told NBC that her condition was "not good". Passengers on the plane have been tweeting about what they saw. Fisher appeared in the original Star Wars trilogy and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a sequel released last year. She was in other films including The Blues Brothers and When Harry Met Sally. She has written four novels and three memoirs and was previously married to the musician Paul Simon. She is the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds.

Carrie Fisher: Friends and family wish recovery after heart attack - BBC News
 

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