• In this May 23, 1980, file photo, actress Carrie Fisher hugs a person dressed as a storm trooper in London while promoting the Star Wars epic The Empire Strikes Back. Dave Caulkin, File / AP photo
    In this May 23, 1980, file photo, actress Carrie Fisher hugs a person dressed as a storm trooper in London while promoting the Star Wars epic The Empire Strikes Back. Dave Caulkin, File / AP photo
  • Chewbacca, the eight-foot tall, 200 year-old wookie character from Star Wars, gives his acceptance speech in his own tongue upon receiving the MTV Movie Awards Lifetime Achievement from Carrie Fisher, left, who played Princess Leia Organa in the same movie, June 7, 1997. Reuters
    Chewbacca, the eight-foot tall, 200 year-old wookie character from Star Wars, gives his acceptance speech in his own tongue upon receiving the MTV Movie Awards Lifetime Achievement from Carrie Fisher, left, who played Princess Leia Organa in the same movie, June 7, 1997. Reuters
  • Actor Carrie Fisher poses for cameras as she arrives at the European Premiere of Star Wars, The Force Awakens in Leicester Square, London on December 16, 2015. Paul Hackett / Reuters
    Actor Carrie Fisher poses for cameras as she arrives at the European Premiere of Star Wars, The Force Awakens in Leicester Square, London on December 16, 2015. Paul Hackett / Reuters
  • In this November 13, 1978 file photo, shows, from left, Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill during the filming of the CBS-TV special The Star Wars Holiday in Los Angeles. George Brich / AP photo
    In this November 13, 1978 file photo, shows, from left, Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, and Mark Hamill during the filming of the CBS-TV special The Star Wars Holiday in Los Angeles. George Brich / AP photo
  • A file picture dated June 23, 2013 shows Carrie Fisher at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo at Homebush in Sydney, Australia. Tracey Nearmy / EPA
    A file picture dated June 23, 2013 shows Carrie Fisher at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo at Homebush in Sydney, Australia. Tracey Nearmy / EPA
  • In this November 13, 1978 file photo, Harrison Ford talks with Carrie Fisher during a break in the filming of the CBS-TV special The Star Wars Holiday in Los Angeles. George Brich / AP photo
    In this November 13, 1978 file photo, Harrison Ford talks with Carrie Fisher during a break in the filming of the CBS-TV special The Star Wars Holiday in Los Angeles. George Brich / AP photo
  • In this October 5, 1978 photo, from left, actors Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew take a break from filming a television special in Los Angeles to be telecast during the holidays. George Brich / AP photo
    In this October 5, 1978 photo, from left, actors Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew take a break from filming a television special in Los Angeles to be telecast during the holidays. George Brich / AP photo
  • In this January 2, 1957 file photo, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds hold their baby daughter, Carrie Frances Fisher, as the pose for a photo in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. AP photo
    In this January 2, 1957 file photo, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds hold their baby daughter, Carrie Frances Fisher, as the pose for a photo in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. AP photo
  • This May 2, 1973 file photo shows Carrie Fisher, the 16-year-old daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, in New York. Jerry Mosey / AP photo
    This May 2, 1973 file photo shows Carrie Fisher, the 16-year-old daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, in New York. Jerry Mosey / AP photo

Goodbye Princess: a look back at Carrie Fisher through the years — in pictures


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Actor Carrie Fisher, a daughter of Hollywood royalty who gained pop-culture fame as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars died on December 27, 2016. She was 60.