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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

28 Dec 2016

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Dec 28, 2016

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8

Carrie Fisher dies at 60 star of Star Wars

Actress Carrie Fisher known for Princess Leia died after a heart attack on a flight to Los Angeles from London. She was 60 and had been filming Amazon series Catastrophe in London. Fisher rose to fame in 1977 and wrote best selling novels and memoirs.

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Obituary Surge Across Media With 2016 Notable List

BBC studied obituary output from 2012 to 2016 and found a mid year surge from January to March that year and said the rest of 2016 roughly aligned with prior years. The report lists notable figures including Carrie Fisher George Michael Zsa Zsa Gabor Fidel Castro Leonard Cohen Prince and David Bowie among others, noting data from the Washington Post CNN and BBC.

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