Hollywood Legend Debbie Reynolds Dies Aged 84

Celebrity site TMZ is reporting actress Debbie Reynolds has died as the result of a suspected stroke. She was 84.

The Hollywood star was rushed to hospital on Thursday morning, NZ time.  

Reynolds is the mother of actress Carrie Fisher, who died on Tuesday, local time.

TMZ says Reynolds was at the home of her son, Todd Fisher, when paramedics were called to the property on Wednesday morning, local time. She had been at Fisher's home discussing funeral plans for Carrie. 

Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart told reporters at the scene paramedics transported a woman from a home in her son's Coldwater Canyon neighbourhood in fair to serious condition.

She could not confirm it was Reynolds, citing medical privacy laws.

Reynolds starred opposite Gene Kelly in the 1952 classic Singin' in the Rain, and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown. She was also nominated for a Tony Award in 1973 for her performance in the Broadway musical Irene.

She had two children with the late crooner Eddie Fisher, who left her for Elizabeth Taylor.

Carrie Fisher, who starred as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, died Tuesday at age 60, days after suffering a medical emergency on a flight from London to Los Angeles.

In a November interview with for the NPR show Fresh Air, Carrie Fisher spoke of her admiration for her mother, who she said had some recent health setbacks.

"She's an immensely powerful woman, and I just admire my mother very much," Carrie Fisher said. "There's very few women from her generation who worked like that, who just kept a career going all her life, and raised children, and had horrible relationships, and lost all her money, and got it back again. I mean, she's had an amazing life, and she's someone to admire."

Source: AP