Beloved actress Carrie Fisher has died after suffering a massive heart attack on Friday on a flight from London to Los Angeles.

The Star Wars actress, who has been traveling the world on her book tour, went into cardiac arrest 15 minutes before her flight was scheduled to land at LAX on Dec. 23. The site reported that people on board were administering CPR and that a flight attendant asked the passengers if there were any medical personnel on board. Luckily there was an EMT at the back of the plane who came up to first class and administered life-saving measures.

The paramedics rushed the 60-year-old to a hospital nearby by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics. The only daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher was in critical condition, but took a turn.

A spokesman for the family, Simon Halls, released a statement on behalf of Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd: “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning."

The statement went on, “She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly. Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.”

We are so sad ...

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