Carrie Fisher is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd will attend the ceremony.
The “Star Wars” icon Carrie Fisher (1956-2016), who died in 2016, will receive a special posthumous honor. The Princess Leia actress is honored with a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame – it is the 2754th plaque on Hollywood Boulevard. (71) the honor as “long overdue and so well deserved”.
Carrie Fisher receives star on “Star Wars” holiday
At the ceremony on May 4th this year – the unofficial “Star Wars” holiday – Fisher’s daughter will be present with actress Billie Lourd (30) to unveil her late mother’s star. Fisher died on December 27, 2016 at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles.
Fisher’s “Star Wars” colleagues Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Harrison Ford (80, played Han Solo) had already received their stars on the Walk of Fame in 2018. “Star Wars” inventor George Lucas (78) took part in the ceremony at the time. Fisher’s star is now said to be “just a few feet from Mark Hamill’s star,” .
Source: Stern
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