RIP. I'm about to take my little cousins to see Rogue One and am going to be thinking about this during the movie.
[Allegedly] During the making of Blues Brothers John Belushi told her she was using way too much coke... John Belushi -- Carrie loved to party.
Carrie Fisher was bipolar. I used to date someone with borderline personality disorder; not the same thing, but a nightmare nevertheless. My ex would self-medicate with booze. She also was taking prescribed anti-depressants that semi-zombified her. I can completely sympathize with how mental illness affects the individual and those around him or her. Add the mind-f*** of mega-fame on top of it? Tough to imagine. She will be missed. To be honest, probably my first celebrity crush.
Maybe going a little too far afield, but this is the song that Paul Simon wrote about being married to and divorced from Carrie Fisher:
Sorry if already posted, but this was a very nice review of her Fresh Air interviews yesterday: http://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2016/11/28/503602884/fresh-air-for-november-28-2016