Carrie fisher, the iconic star wars actress passing away at the age of 60. She died yesterday morning at A Los Angeles hospital four days after going into cardiac arrest on a flight. She shes being remembered for a legacy that stretches beyoung her role as princess leia. An outpouring of grief across the country. Fans in San Francisco leaving flowers and notes at the yoda fountain on the lucas film campus in the San Francisco area. Abcs byron pitts with more. Help me obiwan kenobi. Reporter it was the role that defined her career, princess leia, the heroine of the scifi series that swept the world. Luke reporter she was just 20 when Carrie Fisher made the role larger than life. At age 59 rereprised the role. Some things never change. True, you still drive me crazy. Reporter she died after suffering a heart attack. She was 60 years old. She leaves behind her mother legendary actress debbie reynolds, todd fisher and her daughter and she posted these heartfelt words, i am grateful for you
Of that. Dave murphy has more in accuweather and matt pelman is in for karen rogers, he has your commute. Good morning. A few clouds this morning up north but were expecting mostly sunny skies across most of the region, even these clouds were hoping will kind of back off and give way to a good deal of sunshine. Temperatures are cool this morning. 40 degrees in philadelphia. 40 in allentown. 39 in reading and mid 30s in wilmington. 39 degrees in trenton. Just 29 degrees in millville and 41 degrees in cape may. A little bit of a gentle breeze right now coming out of the westnorthwest but most of us experiencing single digit winds. Later on after sunrise well see them tick up a little bit but its just slightly breezy today. 37 degrees by 7 oclock. But well spend most of the day in the 40s and of course yesterday we got up to 64 so this is much cooler. 41 degrees by noon. Your high today 43 at 3 oclock. 40 by 5 oclock and well be back down into the mid 30s by 7 oclock again mainly sunny sk
At the age of 15 appearing a a singer in irene alongside her mother, her film debut in 1975. I dont know what youre talking about. Reporter but two years later, she blasted off to stardom in star wars. She would return in Empire Strikes back. But behind the curtain, fish er battled years of scandal and drug dependency. In 1983 she married paul simon, but the marriage ended eight months later. She published in 1987. In all writing seven books, working on dozens of plays for screen and stage in between roles on the big and small screen. She wrote and starred in wishful drinking on br the one woman show examined her life as a child in hollywood growing up in the glare of the spotlight. Battling addiction and her fight against bipolar disorder. The book became a best seller. In the past two years, fisher came back to the story u that made her famous. Reprizing her role in both star wars. Finding a new generation of fans. Nbc news. 2016 has been a tough year when it comes to saying goodbye
Man, a man saw the suspect and approached him. Hes sitting across the street parked in her car. And i just immediately came together that this was the guy. Reporter he called police. When they arrived, they found the suspect inside this cvs near georgetown. He handed the cops the keys to mccullys car, which was parked out front. Inside, they found her body. There appears to be trauma to the body. Well know more when the autopsy is complete. Reporter the suspect was driving around in her car for as long as 24 hours before he was caught. Mccully was last seen 4 30 christmas afternoon at her home on north capital street. Early monday morning, the suspect was seen with her car between 12 30 and 3 30 in the 3400 block of Georgia Avenue northwest. Then again around 8 00 a. M. In the 400 block of massachusetts avenue. And between 9 15 and 9 30 he was spotted at this cvs in. The 700 bloc northwest. And again between 11 00 and 11 50 a. M. In the 2300 block of Washington Place northeast. Then po
The online giant refusing and could it be the key to cracking the case . Drifting away well take you behind the scenes and behind the wheel of the new Technology Design to keep you and your family safe like never before, wednesday, december 28th, 2016. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on this tuesday morning. Im tamron hall alongside carson daly. Matt has the day off and savannah on maternity leave. We have been talking about Carrie Fisher and memories last month. And 2016 appears to be the year of we feel like were being bb and the actress and best selling author, Carrie Fisher. Her legend extends beyond that legendary franchise. Good morning. Good morning. Many of us of a certain age, like mine, knew Princess Leia long before knowing anything about Carrie Fisher. Interesting as people around the country reflect on her life, how much of the fearlessness and toughness of Princess Leia came from