Human Interest

Actress and writer Carrie Fisher, best known as the “Star Wars” heroine Princess Leia who later went on to establish herself as an author and screenwriter, has died in Los Angeles. no words #Devastated pic.twitter.com/R9Xo7IBKmh — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 27, 2016 Fisher, who was 60 years old, suffered a heart attack on Friday during a flight to Los Angeles from London, where she had been filming the third season of the Amazon comedy series “Catastrophe” According to Hollywood reporter: Family spokesperson Simon Halls confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter.

Just two days after the death of pop icon George Michael, Carrie Fisher, the actress best known as Star Wars‘ Princess Leia Organa, has died after suffering a heart attack. She was 60.

Family spokesman Simon Halls released a statement to PEOPLE on behalf of Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd:

“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” reads the statement.

 

Singer George Michael, who became famous in the 1980s with pop group Wham! before forging a career as a successful solo artist, has died at his home in  Oxfordshire, England, aged 53. His manager Michael Lippman, said on Sunday that the cause of death was heart failure. Prior to Lippmann’s announcement, police had issued a statement calling Michael’s death at his home in Goring, Oxfordshire “unexplained but not suspicious”. They also said that a post-mortem would be undertaken in due course. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou was born on June 25, 1963 in London to Greek Cypriot parents.

In a year that has claimed the lives of some of the most prolific and visible musical talents of more than one generation, including Prince and David Bowie, it is morbidly fitting that the man who gave us "Last Christmas", George Michael, passed away on Christmas Day, "peacefully at home" according to his publicist.

As the BBC first reported, the star, who launched his career with Wham in the 1980s and later continued his success as a solo performer, is said to have "passed away peacefully at home".

Did you ever wonder about the astonishing numbers behind Santa Claus and the great work he does every Christmas? If Santa Claus really exists, he certainly has his work cut out.

If the generous man from the North Pole had a present for every child in the world, his sleigh would weigh a whopping 1.52 million tonnes! Stopping off and having a snack at every house on the planet would satisfy his daily food requirements for 42,000 years!