Joely Fisher ‘Inconsolable' After Debbie Reynolds' Death
"God speed mama," she wrote while sharing a throwback photo of herself and Reynolds on the red carpet
By Mike Vulpo ••
Actress Joely Fisher says she is in mourning after the passing of another member of her extended family.
Shortly after E! and NBC News confirmed that Debbie Reynolds, mother of Fisher's half-sister, Carrie Fisher, had passed away, the actress took to social media to share a moving message.
"Some of the magic people have left the tribe...for the moment I am inconsolable..." she wrote to her followers Wednesday evening, rocked by the successive deaths of Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, both Hollywood icons.
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Debbie Reynolds publicity portrait for the film 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown', 1964. (Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Getty Images)
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Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds pose for Reynolds' breakout film "Singin' In The Rain" in 1952.
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Actress Debbie Reynolds holds daughter Carrie Fisher, right, next to husband Eddie Fisher with son Todd in this 1958 family portrait.
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Debbie Reynolds ropes Tony Randall in as Paul Douglas watches in a scene from the 1959 film "The Mating Game".
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Actress Debbie Reynolds is poses for a 1960 portrait, eight years after her breakthrough role as Kathy Selden in "Singin' in the Rain"
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Debbie Reynolds arrives at LaGuardia Airport to promote the 1964 film, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown'.
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Debbie Reynolds pose for a portrait to promote her 1964 "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
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Debbie Reynolds and Harve Presnell gape in amazement when they see a mountain of gold right in their own backyard in a scene from the 1964 film "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
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Debbie Reynolds and Harve Presnell pose together in a publicity portrait for the 1964 film "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
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Actress Debbie Reynolds and her second husband Harry Karl is pictured aboard the Queen Elizabeth liner as they arrive at Southampton, Oct. 13, 1964.
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Donald O''Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Marvin Hamlisch and Cher pose together April 3, 1974 at the 46th Annual Academy Awards inside the Los Angeles Music Center in Los Angeles, California. Hamlisch won Oscars for ''The Way We Were'' and 'The Sting''.
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Debbie Reynolds guest star in "Love Boat" on Nov. 1, 1980, with show captain Gavin McLeod, right.
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Debbie Reynolds, left, Rue McClanahan, center, and Betty White, right, is seen on the set of "Golden Girls".
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Actress Debbie Reynolds poses for a portrait in 1988 in Los Angeles, California.
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Debbie Reynolds plays Amanda Cody in an 1989 episode of "Perry Mason: The Case Of The Musical Murder".
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Actresses Debbie Reynolds, Whoopi Goldberg and Ruta Lee attend 36th Annual Thalians Ball on Oct. 26, 1991 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California.
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Actress Debbie Reynolds chats with host Jay Leno during an interview on Jan. 1, 1997.
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Debra Messing as Grace Adler, Debbie Reynolds as Bobbie Adler, Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland and Megan Mullally as Karen Walker pose for an NBC promotional portrait for an 1999 episode of NBC sitcom Will & Grace, "Who's Mom Is It Anyways?".
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Actress Debbie Reynolds pose in front of her hand prints at the 'Hollywood Chamber of Commerce 82nd Annual Meeting & Lifetime Achievement Luncheon Honoring Debbie Reynolds' at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel on March 26, 2003 in Century City, California.
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Debbie Reynolds at the WOMEN ROCK! Songs from the Movies on Oct. 1, 2003.
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Actress Carrie Fisher, left, and her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, arrive for Dame Elizabeth Taylor's 75th birthday party at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas on Feb. 27, 2007 in Henderson, Nevada.
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Actress Debbie Reynolds performs with actress Ruta Lee as they sing "Bosom Buddies" during the Thalians' 52nd Anniversary Gala honoring Sir Roger Moore to raise funds for the Thalians Mental Health Center at Cedars Sinai Hospital held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Oct. 21, 2007, in Beverly Hills, California.
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Celebrity guest Debbie Reynolds gives RuPaul a hug during the taping of their episode together on RuPaul's Drag Race in Culver City, July 31, 2009. The television show's host, drag queen RuPaul, mentors then judges a set of young drag performers during several competitions in their quest to become the ultimate drag queen.
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Actress and author Carrie Fisher, her mother Debbie Reynolds and Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd arrive at The Paley Center For Media for the Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Memorabilia Exhibit Reception on June 7, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California.
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Florence Henderson and Debbie Reynolds arrive at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California on August 16, 2011.
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Debbie Reynolds stands with dresses worn by Berre Davis, right, and Joan Collins, left on June 7, 2011. Reynolds, an avid collector of movie memorabilia, is looking to auction off her massive collection from classic movies.
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Kathie Lee Gifford, Debbie Reynolds and Hoda Kotb appear on NBC News' "Today" show on Jan. 23, 2012.
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Actress Debbie Reynolds arrives at the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night Gala held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on April 12, 2012 in Hollywood, California.
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Actress Debbie Reynolds attends the 18th annual Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books at USC on April 20, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.
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Actress Debbie Reynolds, left, accepts the Life Achievement Award from daughter and actress Carrie Fisher onstage at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on Jan. 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
Soon after news broke that Reynolds was transported to a Los Angeles hospital after reportedly suffering from a stroke, Joely Fisher headed to Twitter and shared a special memory.
"God speed mama," she wrote while sharing a throwback photo of herself and Reynolds on the red carpet for HBO's production of Carrie Fisher's "Wishful Drinking" back in 2010.
On Wednesday evening, Fisher's half-brother Todd Fisher confirmed to E! News that Reynolds had died. "She went to be with Carrie. In fact, those were the last words she spoke this morning," he shared. No official cause of death was immediately available.
The heartbreaking loss comes one day after Carrie Fisher passed away in a Los Angeles hospital. Hours after that news broke, Joely expressed her pain in a Twitter post.
"Breaking my silence with a broken heart...the unfathomable loss...the earth is off its axis today," she tweeted. "How dare you take her away from us."
Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds shares her favorite memories of the late star and describes their final conversation just two weeks before Taylor’s death.
During her nearly 70-year career in the spotlight, Reynolds made her mark both on the big and small screen. Perhaps her most memorable role was as the spunky and sweet-voiced Kathy Selden in the 1952 film "Singin' in the Rain."
"I think it really related to young people. They like it because it has life and the story is so simple," she once shared with AFI. "Actually, the character was a lot like me, Debbie. At the time I was 17, this was a young girl who was wanting to be a dancer, wanting to be in show business."
