Three months ago, Star Wars fans around the world were shocked at the sudden passing of actress Carrie Fisher, who played Leia Organa in the series. The following day, Fisher’s mother and star of Singin’ in the Rain Debbie Reynolds, suffered a stroke and also passed away. Fans around the world took to social media to unite in their mourning over the tragic events, but later today at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, a public memorial service will allow fans to come together to say their goodbyes. The memorial event will be streamed live on DebbieReynolds.com.
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Shortly after the actresses’ passing, close friends and family held a private joint funeral to lay the two to rest. Knowing how much the two loved their devoted fans, Debbie’s son and Carrie’s brother Todd Fisher knew he had to organize an event that would be open to the public.
Fisher explained, “The public is invited because that’s how my mother would want it.” He added, “She was very connected to her fans and felt they were a part of her, so we’re opening it to the public.”
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and James Blunt are both scheduled to perform at the event. Blunt was a close friend of Carrie’s and even stayed in her home while recording one of his albums. Todd revealed, “He wrote a beautiful song to Carrie that will be released on video on the day of the memorial – we’re going to premiere the song.” He noted that “it might rip your heart out.”
Recently, Todd opened up about the grieving process to Entertainment Tonight. “I think it’s important that you grieve and feel it,” he explained. “No matter if you’re famous or not, I think having an event and having movies and pictures and feeling that is a good thing. It’s part of the process of grieving.”
Todd also gave an intimate look into the night that Carrie passed away. He described, “My mother said to me the night that Carrie died…we were talking that night and I didn’t know what was happening, but she was setting me up for her leaving the planet.”
Fisher continued, “And she really just said to me, ‘You know, I know that was really hard on you losing your sister.’ [And I said], ‘I mean, Carrie was there holding my hand when I took my first steps. I have film of that and it will be in the memorial.’ And when I was editing that, it ripped my heart out. But my mother said, ‘I know that’s tough. It might be tougher even, you know… I don’t know for sure when I [will] go.’”
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[H/T BBC]
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