“Sixty is too damn young to die.”
Billie Lourd’s grief doesn’t get any easier.
I didn’t want to celebrate, I just wanted my mom. "
Billie Lourd and her mother, Carrie Fisher, in 2015.Kevin Winter/Getty
“My mom died when she was 60.
60 is too damn young to die,“The Last Showgirlactress wrote.
“I then googled drug overdose deaths (another fun morning google!!!)
and it is over 100 thousand people per year.
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Fisher died aftersuffering a heart attackduring a flight from London to Los Angeles.
A toxicology report identified multiple substances, including cocaine and opiates, in her body when she died.
“As an addict, being open about the struggle is the only way through.
And same goes for those of us affected by that struggle.
Sending my love to anyone out there who has lost someone to drug addiction.
You are not alone.”
Lourd regularly remembers her mom on her birthday.
In 2019, shesang a coverof Fisher’s favorite song, “American Girl” by the lateTom Petty.
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