Carrie Fisher Finally to Be Honored With Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
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Carrie Fisher will finally be honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Hollywood Walk of Fame's site shared the announcement, revealing that the ceremony will be held on an apt day for the Star Wars icon: Thursday, May 4. Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd will accept the star on her mom's behalf.
“Fans will be over the moon to know that their favorite movie princess, Carrie Fisher will be honored with her star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame! Carrie will join her Star Wars co-stars and fellow Walk of Famers Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford on this historic sidewalk,” Ana Martinez, Producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, shared in a statement. “I am happy to add, that her star is just a few feet away from the star of Mark Hamill and across the street from the star of her legendary mother Debbie Reynolds!”
Radio host Ellen K will be the emcee for the event. Guest speakers for the star's unveiling will be announced soon. The ceremony will be streamed live exclusively on the Walk of Fame's site.
Fisher died on December 27, 2016 after suffering a cardiac arrest during a flight from London to Los Angeles. Her mother, film and stage legend Reynolds, passed away the following day from a brain hemorrhage caused by a stroke.
On the sixth anniversary of Fisher's death, Lourd remembered her mother with a candid, heartfelt note about grief. She explained that though she's celebrating wonderful moments in her life, including the birth of her daughter Jackson Joanne Lourd Rydell, she wished her mom was still around to witness these "magical" experiences.
"That's the thing about grief. I wish my Momby were here, but she isn't. So all I can do is hold onto the magic harder, hug my kids a little tighter. Tell them a story about her. Share her favorite things with them. Tell them how much she would have loved them," Lourd wrote.
Lourd is also a mom to son Kingston Fisher Lourd Rydell, 2.
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