BREAKING: Carrie Fisher Dies At Age 60

DAMMIT. NBC News reports:

“Star Wars” has lost its most beloved princess. Carrie Fisher, best known for her portrayal of the plucky Princess Leia in George Lucas’ epic intergalactic movie series, died Tuesday, days after suffering a heart attack on a plane. She was 60 years old.

“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 855 this morning,” Simon Halls, a representative for Fisher’s daughter, said in a statement to NBC News. “She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly.”

Fisher, who had recently wrapped the filming of “Star Wars: Episode VIII,” the second of three new “Star Wars” films, was in the midst of a tour to promote her eighth book, an autobiography called “The Princess Diarist,” when she was suffered the medical emergency.