Debbie Reynolds, one of Hollywood’s most reliable entertainers for well over 60 years, has died after suffering a suspected stroke at 84 years old. Reynolds’ son Todd confirmed the news to Variety, saying, “She wanted to be with Carrie.”
The news comes as a particular shock this week, as Carrie Fisher — Reynolds’ daughter with singer Eddie Fisher — died on the 27th, just over 24 hours before her mother.
Reynolds first tap-danced her way into movie audiences’ hearts as the bright-eyed star of Singin’ in the Rain. The 1952 classic was a vehicle for Gene Kelly, but Reynolds more than held her own with an infectious joy, gamely keeping up with her 20-years-older co-stars with a grin — and she’d only learned to dance three months before.
A fuckload of celebrities died last year too, and the year before, etc. Everyone is just making a big deal out of it this year because the amount of high profile deaths and they seemed to clump together.
Debbie Reynolds, one of Hollywood’s most reliable entertainers for well over 60 years, has died after suffering a suspected stroke at 84 years old. Reynolds’s son Todd confirmed the news to Variety, saying, “She wanted to be with Carrie.”
