Mark Hamill reveals the heartbreaking way he found out about Carrie Fisher’s death: ‘I don’t like reliving it’
nypost.comCarrie Fisher’s death. Over the weekend, while Hamill, 72, was attending the Fan Expo Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, he told the crowd that he heard about Fisher’s death from his wife, Marilou York.
The couple have been married since 1978 and have three adult children. “My wife came into the bedroom — she gets up earlier than I do — I was still asleep,” Hamill said during his panel “Mark Hamill Live.” “She had tears rolling down her face saying that Carrie had …” he continued, trailing off.The “Star Wars” actor said that Fisher’s death “forever altered how I reacted to ‘Star Wars’ in general.
The heart was gone. I don’t talk about it because I don’t like reliving it.”Fisher died at age 60 in 2016 after suffering a heart attack aboard a plane.
Her mother, Debbie Reynolds, died the next day from a stroke at age 84. Fisher was survived by her daughter, actress Billie Lourd, 32, who attended Fisher’s posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony along with Hamill in May 2023.
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