27 Tuesday Dec 2016
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Honestly. I have no more words. I did however find this wonderful quote:
Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.
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May I just say – WTF 2016???? Thank GOD it’s almost over.
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I know. I swear, it’s like the apocalypse is upon us!😰
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Seriously can’t believe it. So sad, Princess Leia can’t be gone.
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Absolutely crushed.
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What on Earth has happened this year?
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Such a beautiful quote from a beautiful soul… so sad she has past… the force will forever be with her.
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She was truly amazing and will never be forgotten.
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Oh.. I did not know this. I knew she was in critical condition. Very saddened.
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I have to confess this did take me by surprise because her mother and brother just said yesterday she was in stable condition. Plus for some irrational reason Imhad in the back of my head that there was just no way she’d be taken right after George Michael.
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I think I was in the same train of thought as you.. it is so sad. I don’t think some people(around me) understand what a loss this is for me. She was my hero as a young girl. Princess Leia was so wonderful growing up with Star Wars.
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My heart is so broken, I miss her so much. She was my childhood.
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I feel the same way Susannah.😪
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This year had been fucked up for losing legends. A great force is gone!
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It is indeed.😔
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That is a wonderful quote. Stay afraid but do it anyway.
May she rest in peace. 😦
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I thought it summed up the way she lived her life.
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And it sums it up beautifully. 🙂
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🤗
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I said to my partner that it’s like a rapture.
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I know exactly how you feel Rob. I told my husband with all the terrorism, war, rise of extremism on all fronts and the deaths of so many icons this year, it feels like the Apocalypse!
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2016 seems determined to remind us that we are just visitors to this planet–and what we do now will affect the lives of future visitors.
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I wish more people thought this way.
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the ones who don’t think like this always seem to be in control of everything. I guess you have to think you’re a God to expect other people to treat you like one.
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Reblogged this on Art by Rob Goldstein and commented:
May the force be with you, Carrie
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It’s terrible that she died so young, but when I heard she’d received 30+ minutes of CPR, well…it might be for the best that she passed. She was unlikely to wake up our same General Leia.
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I didn’t realize she had received CPR for that long. You’re right Jay. Maybe this was better for her.
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Really sad!
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I guess 2016 is determined to go out kicking and screaming.
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ahh yes- very true!
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I’m without words for this. I just wish you didn’t have to keep making these tribute posts so frequently. 😦 Apparently we also lost Richard Adams, the author of Watership Down today too.
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I’m really weary of these tribute posts to tell the truth. I mean honestly! 2016 just has really been a cursed year. And thank you for letting me know about Richard Adams. I hadn’t heard the news yet about him, but I LOVED Watership Down and it’s sequel. And yes. Just put a tribute up for him as well. And now I’m going to slam my head repeatedly against the nearest wall.😕
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Sorry to be the bearer of even more bad news and force you to do another post. 😦 It’s honestly just so depressing coming online these days to just keep continuing to read we’ve lost more and more each day.
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No. I’m glad you told me Carrie. I LOVED Watership Down and it’s sequel.
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Yes, read it as kid and was always one of my favorites. 😦
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Did you hear that Netflix and the BBC are collaborating on a new movie adaptation! Netflix iis really stepping up it game!😃
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I’ll have to keep an eye out for it. I’ve noticed they keep adding more and more to Netflix but I rarely get around to checking much out. Watched more TV lately though than I had in a long time after my surgery since I kept conking out trying to read. LOL
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Reblogged this on Didi Oviatt.
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If you have not seen her one person show about her life, it is worth the watch. I loved the spunk she brought to Princess Leia. Also, remember her in “When Harry Met Sally?” Thanks for the tribute, Keith
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Thanks Keith. I haven’t seen her show, but I certainly would like to. I did read Wishful Drinking which I think she wrote after the show? I loved her in Harry Met Sally as well!
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Damn you, 2016! First you take Snape, and now you take Princess Leia?! Hopefully no other great celebrities will be lost in the next few days. Hurry up and get here, 2017!
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I know! WTH! And did you also hear about Richard Adams? 2017 has to be better than this year…right?
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Yeah, him and Carrie just after George Michael …smh 😦 2017 has GOT to be better.
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*Sigh*😔
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Reblogged this on Nesie's Place and commented:
Saying goodbye to another piece of my youth.
May the Force be with you, Carrie.
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Thanks for reblogging Felicia. And it does feel like we’ve said goodbye to yet another piece of childhood.😔
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Dear Kim,
This is such sad tidings. She was looking forward to celebrating the holidays with family and this news, must have been devastating. At my age, it is a reminder as to how temporary our stay on earth is and that every day is a gift She was way to young at 60 yrs. and George Michael at 53.
Debbie Reynolds at 84 shouldn’t have to say good bye to her child.
Hugs, Gronda.
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I can’t even imagine. As devastated as her legions of fans are, my God. Her poor family. And the same for George Michael. I read something his boyfriend wrote about his life being just shattered which was heartbreaking.😔 I completely agree with what you’ve said Gronda. Our time here on earth is fleeting and every day is indeed a gift. It’s also a reminder to try to make the most of each and every day.🤗
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Dear Kim,
Both were too young but both led complicated lives which takes its toll.
They have so many who care and who will miss them and their talents.
Hugs, Gronda
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😦 How sad! I want to read her book that just came out this year. I just watched “Postcards from the Edge.” It’s based on her life.
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I’m on hold for The Princess Diarist at my library. I also thought Postcards From the Edge, both the book and the movie, were brilliant!
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Was the “Postcards from the Edge” book better than the movie? I’ll probably get the e-book or paperback. It takes me forever to read books now. Lol. I read different books at the same time so maybe that’s why.
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Carrie also wrote the screenplay for Postcards, so I guarantee if you liked the movie you’ll also enjoy the book!
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Thanks! I’ll check it out sometime 🙂
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Postcards From The Edge was a moving film, and a story of a troubled youth.
I liked her cameo in The Blues Brothers too.
Four years younger than me. It’s a miracle I woke up this morning, the way things are going…
Best wishes, Pete.
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I loved both the book and the movie. She was also fantastic in When Harry Met Sally. I’m so sorry you’re not feeling well.😕
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Thanks, Kim. I am fine, I was just alluding to the fact that so many people younger than me are dying! Perhaps it was in bad taste, on reflection.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m glad to hear that Pete. And I don’t think what you said was in bad taste at all. One of the first things I said to my husband after hearing the news about George Michael was that he was only two years older than me and two years younger than him.😕
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She always seemed so full of life and so much fun too! xoxoxox
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I loved how irreverent she was and you never knew what she was going to say Ems.😔 xoxoxoxoxos
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Pretty terrible news and now her mom too the day right after.
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Unbelievable! And now Debbie Reynolds possibly having a stroke. That poor, poor family.😕
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Ms. Reynolds passed earlier today. Very sad.
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Yep. Just read and posted. I really, really, really hate 2016!😡
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2016 is a bitch… The timing of her death is really OFF. Have you heard that her mother JUST passed away as well? Gosh… The domino effect is a horrrrrrible thing.
– Lashaan
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This. Year. Is. The. Worst. Ever! I just posted about Debbie Reynolds. The very first movie I saw her in was Singin In the Rain when they showed it on tv. My sister and I copied all the dances from that movie and performed them whenever and for whomever we could!
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I just can’t anymore. 2016 was horrible enough but it seems as though everyone is leaving us this December. I am definitely counting the seconds until 2017!!
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This year started horribly and is obviously determined to go out the same way.😔
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I completely agree.😢
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I felt so sad when I heard, Carrie was only on The Graham Norton Show a couple of days before. Younger viewers will never understand the effect Star Wars had all those years ago, I went to the cinema not having a clue what to expect, I doubt I even realised it was a space movie! Then after screening I came out having been blown away by this incredible story and I’m afraid younger viewers can never re capture the shock of not knowing what to expect. Sad news ;(
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It really is. Not only have we lost a talented actress, but a wonderful advocate for the mentally ill and people who are addicted.😔
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When I read about her heart attack, I felt ice in my veins. She was so groundbreaking not only for cinema, but as an advocate for mental health. She didn’t try to hide it or pretend it didn’t exist, and representation matters. Having someone of that fame caliber come out and say “I’m bipolar” did so much for people who can claim the same. The stigma around mental illness is still thick, and the only thing that will help dispel it is to make it visible and known. Carrie had the bravery to do so, and she’ll be sorely missed for that as well as for what she did as Princess/General Leia ;_;
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She was an excellent example of what makes a true icon!
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Her death followed by her mother were such blows. 2016 sucked
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It really was a horrible way to end such a rotten year.😔
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I know: this is so sad! And her mother passing the next day! 😫
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I keep thinking though, they’re together.
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Way too many people died in 2016. It’s incomprehensible.
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It definitely seemed like a cursed year!😕
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Yeah, they just dropped like flies 😥
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Hopefully 2017 will be better.
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Fingers crossed!
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