Star Wars' Princess Leia dies at 60

Los Angeles

AFTER decades of fast living that her fearless Star Wars character Princess Leia would have struggled to keep up with, Carrie Fisher died on Tuesday following a massive heart attack. She was 60.

The American actress, best-selling author and screenwriter - who suffered from numerous addictions she later turned into writing gold - was a member of Hollywood royalty, both on screen and off.

Born in Los Angeles in October 1956, the daughter of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher became an international star overnight with the release of Star Wars in 1977.

Leia was the tough rebel p…