Carrie Fisher’s request for obituary: ‘Star Wars’ creator George Lucas contributed to it

The world lost a gem yesterday when Carrie Fisher passed away. The 60-year-old actress-screenwriter who died of cardiac arrest had jokingly written her own obituary in 2008.

While in conversation with “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, Fisher had earlier revealed her request for obituary. Best known for her role as Princess Leia in the movies, Fisher did not want the world to know about her real cause of death. Instead, she wanted the world to know about her colourful yet fabricated cause of death. “Tell my younger friends that no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra,” she stated in her book “Wishful Drinking.”

On her first day of filming for “Star Wars” in 1977, Carrie Fisher was prepping up to wear the Princess Leia dress when Lucas dropped by with a request. Fisher narrated how Lucas looked at her dress and told her that she could not wear a bra under it. “Okay, I'll bite. Why?,” she reacted to his request and he replied, “Because there's no underwear in space.”

Later when she was performing “Wishful Drinking” in Berkeley, Lucas explained her that why she could not wear brassiere in other galaxies. “So what happens is you go to space and you become weightless. So far so good, right? But then your body expands??? But your bra doesn't — so you get strangled by your own bra.

“Now I think that this would make for a fantastic obit — so I tell my younger friends that no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra,” she wrote.

Carrie Fisher, daughter of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, suffered a heart attack while on a flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday. Thereafter, she was under medical observation. She took her last breath yesterday.

Fisher made her debut in the world of entertainment in 1975 movie “Shampoo,” wherein she essayed the role of Laura. Her name was romantically associated with several big stars including Paul Simon, Dan Aykroyd and Harrison Ford. She was primarily a writer in her later life. Her writing style was known for absurdist humor, which was well-received by her audience. She never shied away from talking about her drug and alcohol addiction as well as her struggle with mental illness.