Condolences to Carrie Fisher

[lazypadawan]

Her father, '50s crooner Eddie Fisher, has passed away at 82 from complications as a result of hip surgery.

Fisher is probably best-known for two things despite a successful recording and t.v. career: 1) being Carrie's dad and most especially 2) dumping Carrie's mom Debbie Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor. It was a major scandal at the time and it seriously damaged Fisher's career. He went on to marry Taylor, then actress Connie Stevens, then somebody named Betty Lin.

Fisher's relationship with his daughter was rather...dysfunctional. He had a serious drug problem like she eventually did and she even claimed he used to give her drugs. She has also claimed that he might have suffered from bipolar disorder like she does. At times they were very close, and at times they weren't on speaking terms, such as when he released a raunchy autobiography in 1999. To say there are a lot of issues is an understatement.

All I can say is if half the stuff I've heard about Fisher, or even half the stuff he's said about himself, is true, God have mercy on him.

Comments

[may-child.livejournal.com]

I shamefacedly admit I read Eddie Fisher's autobiography "Been There, Done That," albeit this year, some 10 years after it was released. I did so because I'm a fan of his daughters Carrie and Joely, and I wanted to see what he said about them. He touched on Carrie's famously dysfunctional relationships, but spoke about her personally with nothing but pride, as he did all his kids.

Carrie Tweeted about Eddie breaking his hip a few days ago. I know her relationship with him was often fractious, but judging by her most recent blog entries, they had made peace. During one visit, she told Eddie about her various travels, and he said, "I wish I had your life." She replied, "You did. That's why you're in a wheelchair now."

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good. Nobody ends up regretting anything.

[sreya.livejournal.com]

Just spotted this on the news this morning, and my first thought was that it put a new spin on Carrie leaving the convention early for her father's birthday. There may have been those other things going on, too, but now I'm glad she did leave if it meant she could spend her dad's last birthday with him. She certainly needs to grasp anything normal that she can.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[pronker]

Condolences to her, no matter their relationship. When a parent dies, that puts you on point, so to speak, heading off into history, and that's a very sobering feeling.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

As my mom says, you move to the front row.