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- October 22, 2024
Billie Lourd honors Carrie Fisher on her birthday
Lourd said her mom was too "young to die."
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Lourd said the \"sadness\" prompted her to do research on \"average death age woman\" which she wrote that \"google said it was 80.2\" years.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported similar numbers for the life expectancy for women.
\"My mom died when she was 60. 60 is too damn young to die,\" she wrote, adding that she also did her research on \"drug overdose deaths\" and found out \"it is over 100 thousand people per year.\"
Preliminary data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics estimate that there were about 107,543 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2023.
In the emotional tribute, Lourd wrote that she \"did everything in my power to help my mom get sober but sadly my mom couldn't ever escape her addiction.\"
\"But while she was alive she always shared the ups and downs of that struggle with others in hopes it would help them escape their own addiction,\" she added. \"As an addict, being open about the struggle is the only way through. And same goes for those of us affected by that struggle. Sending my love to anyone out there who has lost someone to drug addiction. You are not alone. ❤️.\"
Last year, on May 4, which is celebrated as Star Wars Day, Fisher was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Lourd attended the ceremony to accept the honor on her behalf.
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