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Hollywood Star & Carrie Fisher's Mother, Debbie Reynolds, Dead At 84

Just a day after her daughter's death, age 60

Shockingly, Golden Era Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds has passed away from a stroke, just a day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died of a cardiac arrest. Reynolds was 84.

As ABC reports, the Oscar-nominated Singin' In The Rain actor was at her son Todd Fisher's house in Beverly Hills discussing funeral arrangements for her daughter when she was taken to hospital, suffering from a suspected stroke.

She was taken to hospital in "fair to serious condition" and died later in hospital.

read more: remembering carrie fisher: a one-woman force

As Variety reports, the '50s and '60s leading lady also starred in 1964's The Unsinkable Molly Brown — for which she received an Oscar nomination — and last year, was awarded a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award.

In later years, Reynolds featured in sitcoms such as Roseanne and Will & Grace, and lent her voice to cartoons like Kim Possible and Family Guy.

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