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MOVIE STAR GONE JUST ONE DAY AFTER DEATH OF HER DAUGHTER

DEBBIE REYNOLDS, THE PERKY PERFORMER WHO ENLIVENED MANY MGM MUSICALS OF THE 1950S, MOST NOTABLY “SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN,” DIED YESTERDAY AT AGE 8, JUST A DAY AFTER THE DEATH OF HER DAUGHTER, “STAR WARS” ACTRESS CARRIE FISHER.

“SHE’S NOW WITH CARRIE AND WE’RE ALL HEARTBROKEN,” TODD FISHER, REYNOLD’S SON AND FISHER’S BROTHER, SAID FROM CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE HIS MOTHER WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE EARLIER YESTERDAY.

HE SAID THE STRESS OF HIS SISTER’S DEATH TUESDAY “WAS TOO MUCH” FOR HER.  CARRIE FISHER, WHO WAS 60, HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED SINCE FRIDAY.  “SHE SAID, ‘I WANT TO BE WITH CARRIE,’” HER SON SAID.  “AND THEN SHE WAS GONE.”

REYNOLDS WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AFTER A 911 CALL WAS PLACED FROM THE Beverly Hills HOME OF HER SON.  FAMILY SOURCES INITIALLY REPORTED SHE HAD SUFFERED A STROKE.

REYNOLDS WAS CONSIDERED A TRIPLE THREAT IN HOLLYWOOD WHO WAS EQUALLY ADEPT AT ACTING, SINGING AND DANCING, EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD NO FORMAL TRAINING.  THE ACTRES, WHO WAS BORN MARY FRANCES REYNOLDS IN 1932, IN EL PASO, TEXAS, WAS 7 WHEN HER FAMILY MOVED TO BURBANK, CALIFORNIA, IN 1939.

HER ENTRY INTO FILMS CAME AFTER WINNING THE MISS BURBANK BEAUTY CONTEST WHEN SHE WAS 16, WOWING THE CROWD WITH HER IMPERSONATION OF FILM STAR BETTY HUTTON.  THE WIN LED TO A CONTRACT WITH WARNER BROS., WHICH CHANGED HER NAME.

AFTER A BIT PART IN THE BETTE DAVIS COMEDY “JUNE BRIDE” (1948) AND A SUPPORTING ROLE IN “THE DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O’GRADY” (1950), REYNOLDS MADE AN IMPRESSION IN TWO 1950 MGM MUSICALS – AS VAUDEVILLE STAR HELEN KANE IN “THREE LITTLE WORDS” AND SINGING “ABBA DABBA HONEY-MOON” WITH CARLETON CARPENTER IN “TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE.”

HER CAREER FLOURISHED AT MGM, ESPECIALLY AFTER GIVING HER THE FEMALE LEAD OPPOSITE GENE KELLY IN HER SIGNATURE FILM “SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN” (1952).  SHE ENDURED THREE MONTHS OF EXTENSIVE DANCE LESSONS WITH KELLY TO PREPARE FOR THE MOVIE.

“GENE KELLY KIND OF SCARED ME, BECAUSE HE WAS THE BOSS, AND HE WAS BRILLIANT, AND HE WAS A WONDERFUL TEACHER.  HE HAD TO TEACH ME.  AND TO BE GIVEN A LITTLE KITTY CAT, AND EXPECT IT TO BE A LION, IT DIDN’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.  I HAD TO WORK, WORK, WORK WITHOUT QUESTION,” SHE TOLD CBS NEWS IN 2013.

REYNOLDS AND FISHER ARRIVE AT THE PRIMETIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS IN LOS ANGELES.

1954 REYNOLDS WITH EDDIE FISHER DURING HIS VISIT ON THE SET OF HER MOVIE “HIT THE DECK.”

2001 REYNOLDS, SHIRLEY MACLAINE, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND JOAN COLLINS STARRED IN “THESE OLD BROADS.”

REYNOLDS, THEN 23 YEARS OLD, ENTERTAINS ARMY TROOPS AT A USO SHOW IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.

REYNOLDS GETS AN ASSIST FROM DAUGHTER CARRIE FISHER DURING THE ELDER ACTRESS’ OPENING NIGHT AS HEADLINER AT THE DESERT INN IN LAS VEGAS.

MOVIES

“THE TENDER TRAP”  ( 1955 )

“THE CATERED AFFAIR”  (1956)

“TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR”  ( 1957 )

“THE GAZEBO”  (1959)

“HOW THE WEST WAS WON”  (1962)

“THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN”  ( 1964  )  BEST ACTRESS OSCAR NOMINATION)

“THE SINGING NUN”  (1966)

“MOTHER”  ( 1996 )

“IN & OUT” (1997)

TELEVISION

“THE DEBBIE REYNOLDS SHOW” ( 1969 – 1970 )

“THESE OLD BROADS” ( 2001 )

“BEHIND THE CANDELABRA” (2013) AS LIBERACE’S MOTHER

BROADWAY

“IRENE”  (1973 – 74 )

“DEBBIE” ( 1976 ) MUSICAL REVUE

“WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1983)

REYNOLDS RECEIVED AN HONORARY OSCAR IN 2015, THE JEAN HERSHOLD HUMANAITARIAN AWARD, BUT WAS TOO ILL TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY.  HER GRANDDAUGHTER, ACTRESS BILLIE LOURD, ACCEPTED THE STATUETTE IN HER HONOR.  “I’M SO SORRY THAT I’M SICK, BUT I AM THRILLED BEYOND WORDS, SHOCKED, AND YOU COULDN’T BE MORE AMAZED THAT A LITTLE GIRL FROM BURBANK EVEN CAME NEAR THIS SORT OF ACCOLADE,” SHE SAID IN A PRE-RECORDED STATEMENT.

SHE ALSO HAD A MILLION-SELLING RECORD WITH “TAMMY,” THE THEME SONG TO HER POPULAR 1957 MOVIE “TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR.”

2016 SAW A LULL IN TECH EXCITEMENT

DOW ALMOST 20,000

SECOND FLIGHT RECORDER FOUND

A FRAGMENT OF THE MILITARY PLANE’S ENGINE IS LIFTED YESTERDAY

MOSCOW – SEARCH TEAMS YESTERDAY RECOVERED ANOTHER FLIGHT RECORDER FROM A MILITARY PLANE THAT CRASHED IN THE BLACK SEA, KILLING ALL 92 PEOPLE ABOARD, THE DEFENSE MINISTER SAID.

THE FIRST FLIGHT RECORDER WAS FOUND THE PREVIOUS DAY AND EXPERTS HAVE STARTED ANALYZING ITS DATA, SEEKING TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH.

THE TU-154 OF THE RUSSIAN DEENSE MINISTRY CRASHED INTO THE SEA EARLY SUNDAY, TWO MINUTES AFTER TAKING OFF IN GOOD WEATHER FROM THE CITY OF SOCHI.  IT WAS CARRYING MEMBERS OF THE ALEXXANDROV ENSEMBLE, WIDELY KNOWN AS THE RED ARMY CHOIR, TO A NEW YEAR’S CONCERT AT A RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN SYRIA.