offbeat and make fun and that s how they carried on, how they got through each dark chapter in their lives. they laughed and moved on to the next one. they dealt with it with a sense of humor. they were estranged at one point. they had a tumultuous relationship, we had a reporter on from hollywood reporter earlier says, speaking of postcards from the edge written about her mother, which carrie fisher wrote about her mother. it wasn t that flattering. it was terribly devastating. it s about a mother who s so insecure because her showbiz career is fading, played by shirley maclaine and she s bite bitterly jealous of the daughter, played by meryl streep. i interviewed carrie at that point, said it s not a strict autobiograp autobiography, people shouldn t look to postcards from the edge about their relationship, but she made it into a novel. it wasn t like mommy dearest, right? so, listen, carrie fisher died, dr. devi, of a heart attack at 60. the risk factors and warning sign