CELEBRITY AUTOPSIES WITH DISTURBING DISCOVERIES

CARRIE FISHER

A celebrated author, memoirist, and screenwriter, Carrie Fisher achieved pop culture immortality in her early twenties when she portrayed Princess Leia Organa in the original "Star Wars" and many of its sequels. The franchise's countless fans went into deep mourning in December 2016 when the 60-year-old, according to People, went into cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles. As soon as the plane touched down, Fisher was rushed to an L.A. hospital, where she died soon thereafter. Fisher's use of illicit substances was well-known and well documented, particularly in her own books and one-person shows. "I would tell you, from my perspective, that there's certainly no news that Carrie did drugs," Fisher's brother, Todd Fisher, told Entertainment Tonight. "If you want to know what killed her, it's all of it," he added, referring to the results of his sister's autopsy, made public in June 2017. According to the Los Angeles Times, a toxicology review found evidence of methadone, cocaine, alcohol, MDMA (better known as the party drug ecstasy), and opiates, including an "exposure to heroin," in Fisher's body. However, medical examiners listed Fisher's official cause of death as sleep apnea, per The Guardian.

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