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andygal wrote:yeah, seriously 2016 has been a crap year. Here's hoping 2017 will be a beter one.It would have to make a major effort to be worse.
That's what they said about 1914. Then they had 1915. Or less dramatically 1967 to 1968. I hate to say it, it feels that way to me.
Seriously, I hope we don't say the people who died in 2016 got lucky.
More seriously, you were part of something that changed my life Carrie Fisher. Thank-you, and RIP.

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Man, 2016 is like the serial killer that JUST KEEPS ON KILLING.
Too many deaths made me tear up this year alone. TOO MANY.
I wore my STAR WARS hoodie that I bought last year in the theater when I saw TFA. It was $60. I normally dont pay $60 for a hoodie but it had all of the movies with their corresponding release dates on the back in the form of the opening crawl so...
I put that hoodie one this morning because it was 57 something degrees here in NY and also I had her on the brain since her heart attack. Mostly "Thank God we didnt lose her". Mostly my 6 year old self wouldnt have been able to take it.
My friend who works in the news texted me just before it broke and I seriously wanted to cry. I almost cried when Bowie's news broke and I DID cry when Prince's news broke.
But this?
She's one with the Force now I guess.
But man what a loss for the rest of us.

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Let's just say that after what I read in the previous round of articles, that she was given CPR for a long, long time... there are worse things than dying. Stuff I wouldn't wish on anybody.
You were a brave, brave person, Carrie. You gave us all something that will last. You saw clearer than so many others, and you told us what you saw. And for sharing the truth about your bipolar disorder, you are a hero to me and to so many others.
Rest in peace.

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For the first time in years, I am staying up until midnight on New Years' Eve.
After this year's carnival of death (to say nothing of politics and a personal financial ride that was downright ruinous), I'm going to make sure it doesn't let the door hit its rear on the way out.
Thanks for everything, Ms. Fisher. 60 is too damned young.

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Carrie Fisher was an amazing person, not just an amazing actor. She shared so much of herself, the good, the bad, and the cuttingly hilarious.
She wrote about her struggles with mental illness and alcohol, all the while, her famous character Princess Leia taught several generations of girls that princesses can kick ass and shoot blasters with the best of them.
She will be missed...
LONG LIVE THE REBELLION!

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Seconded, GM Beenorg.
I'm not very good at expressing myself and my feelings. Princess Leia was one of the few princesses of that era that didn't just sit there and wait for their prince charming to rescue them.
She showed us that girls can be leaders and kick @ss. We don't need to wait for guys to make things happen...
Thank you, Carrie.