Carrie Fisher's mother Debbie Reynolds dies At 84

Reynolds' son Todd says the stress of Carrie Fisher's death "was too much" for the 84-year-old, who was also a renowned actress.

Film legend Debbie Reynolds has died aged 84 - a day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher, the beloved Star Wars actress.

Reynolds' passing was confirmed by her son Todd Fisher, who said: "She's now with Carrie and we're all heartbroken.
"She said, 'I want to be with Carrie.' And then she was gone."
He told the Associated Press that the stress of his sister's death "was too much" for their mother to cope with, and that she had suffered a stroke.
Reynolds was a renowned actress in her own right. She was thrust into the limelight when she starred alongside Gene Kelly in the 1952 classic Singin' In The Rain, which would become one of her best-known roles.
It was claimed that she had been discussing arrangements for her daughter's funeral when she suffered a medical emergency at about 9pm UK time on Wednesday.

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A spokeswoman for the LA Fire Department had earlier said that a woman was escorted to hospital from an address in Beverly Hills in a "fair to serious condition", but could not confirm it was Reynolds owing to medical privacy laws.
Countless actors have paid tribute to Reynolds, with William Shatner describing her as "one of the last of Hollywood Royalty".
Last year, Reynolds received an honorary Oscar known as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award - but was too ill too attend the ceremony.
Her 60-year-old daughter Carrie, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, died on Tuesday - four days after she suffered a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles.