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Gets to shake it off with taylor. How did these two meet . But first the nightline 5 number one in just 60 seconds. Good evening. Thank you for zoning us. For fans in mourning this evening, Carrie Fisher dead at age 60. Best known for Princess Leia in star wars. She was an acclaimed writer. Celebrated for her candid accounts of her battles with addiction and Mental Illness. Her famous friends and costars are grieving tonight as we remember her extraordinary life. Help me obi wan kenobi. You are my only hope. Reporter it was the role that defined her career, Princess Leia, the heroine of the scifi series that swept the world. She was just 20 and Carrie Fisher made the rebel leader larger than life. At age 59 she reprised the role for a new generation and enraptured audiences. Some things never change. True. You still drive me crazy. Reporter she died this morning after suffering a heart attack. She was 60 years old. She leaves behind her mother Debbie Reynolds and brother and father todd fischer. I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop from her mother. And an emotional interview we were close friends. I was the younger brother. She drug me around the house like a doll. Very strange place to be looking at the World Without her. Reporter star wars costar Harrison Ford describing fisher in a statement, carrie was one of a kind, brilliant, original, funny, and emotionally fearless. She lived her life bravely. It was four days ago when fisher fell critically ill aboard a United Airlines flight from london to l. A. We have some passengers, nurses assisting the passenger. We have an unresponsive passenger. They are working on her right now. Reporter the Los Angeles Fire Department called to the gate for a patient in cardiac arrest. Performing cpr before fisher was transported to ucla medical center. Her family at her bedside and her beloved French Bulldog gary, her Constant Companion on the red carpet during interviews, like this Good Morning America appearance. This is gary . This is gary. He is very famous on twitter. He likes to look at himself. He really likes looking at himself, wouldnt you if you looked like that . Reporter fisher, like her star wars character, known for her fierce personality. Theres one, set for stun. We were used to seeing characters, princess characters in Science Fiction movies as being decorative, right, not being strong or driving the action. She proved to be a Princess Leia who was feisty and indomitable, who gave as good as she got. Someone get this walking carpet out of my way. Reporter her trademark dry wit on display in a conversation with abcs david muir, discussing the character she could never seem to get away from. Carrie is leia, leia is carrie. Through life. Yeah. People have come up to you on the streets for 30 years. Thats my favorite, Princess Leia and im supposed to go, yes . You rang . Do you answer to that . No. I very, very you know, i have a lot of pride. I dont answer to a space princess name when im in my actual life. Reporter she returned to the role officially in 2015, and the resistance again had its fearless leader. Our sister is the next target. What do you think . The parts where im in it are distressing. But Everything Else is really great. When they hear the parts with leia in them are distressing . I got older and no one told me. And then they put me on a screen really, really big and they put me in hidef. Reporter Carrie Fisher was born into a hollywood royal family 60 years ago in beverly hills. The daughter of Debbie Reynolds and eddie fisher. Her career was prolific. First gracing the Silver Screen when she was just 18, playing a teenaged temptress opposite Warren Beatty in shampoo. Are you . Am i what . What are you talking about . Making it with my mother . Reporter it was the iconic role of Princess Leia just two years later that catapulted her to superstardom. Somebody has to save our skin. Reporter back then this hollywood princess wasnt confident playing galactic royalty. I had a round face and they asked me to lose at that point 10 pounds. Because they thought it was all in my face. At 19 years old, and they tell you that you have to lose weight for a film. You want to hide. You get on the set and you think theyre going to say, oh, you didnt lose it, bring in jodie foster which didnt happen. No, but i seriously was nervous. The irony is Princess Leia really inspired young girls right from the start but not to be pretty. She was really pretty. No, no. She and yes, and i didnt know that. Reporter fisher struggled with the sex symbol label bestowed on her. After an unforgettable metallic bikini scene in return of the jedi. If you are going to wear a slave outfit make sure a giant slug forces you to do it and make sure that youre 23. Reporter her onscreen chemistry with dashing costar Harrison Ford helped launch them and the franchise to cult status. Afraid i was going to leave without a goodbye kiss . Id as soon kiss a wookie. I can arrange that. Reporter their sexual tension led to one of the most famous scenes of all. I love you. I know. The famous moment where you say, i love you. I know. Thats what he says. I know. Would he say that today . Yeah, he would. Not wiser . Still a wise guy . He is still a wise guy. But weve all been through a lot and were trying to get it together. I happen to like nice men. Im a nice man. No youre not. Reporter that allure, according to fisher, was not all acting. In her memoir the princess dirist, fisher claims she had a brief affair with the 33yearold married ford while filming the first star wars. Her life was punctuated by a struggle with bipolar disorder and addiction. Im mentally ill. I have a chemical imbalance in its most extreme state will lead me to a mental hospital. Reporter she told diane sawyer it was her Mental Illness that fueled her drug abuse. Each day you wake up and decide what you need that day in order to feel, what . Less. Just feel less. Carrie fisher was important on screen for embodying an iconic character. Off screen she was also very important for coming out and talking about her fight with being bipolar, with drugs and addiction and rehab. And i think that demystified those problems and made it acceptable for people to say, yes, i do have a problem with addiction. Reporter she channeled her own story of struggle into creative work. Her book postcards from the edge, tale of an actress hooked on pills turned in to a movie starring meryl streep. Im dropping someone off, isnt this an emergency room . Reporter she dove in deeper, wishful drinking, a onewoman stage show on hbo. I was invited to go to a mental hospital. [ laughter ] well, you dont want to be rude, right . So you go. Reporter she also battled the stigma of Mental Illness offscreen. Harvard awarded her the outstanding Lifetime Achievement award for activism this year. Her real life loves included a tumultuous marriage to paul simon, musical legend. His song hearts and bones inspired by their relationship. Hearts and bones reporter and later a relationship with her agent brian lord. But last year she delighted star wars fans by rekindling her onscreen bond with Harrison Ford in the force awakens. You changed your hair. Same jacket. Reporter cementing her legacy as a trail blazer in the world of Science Fiction, appearing not as a princess but a general. Excuse me, princess general, sorry. I love this. Reporter jenna bush runs legion of leia, a blog dedicated to women in scifi. She was Princess Leia. She was the only role model that most of us had as little girls in the 70s. Women were decoration. They were draped over the hero. This woman stood up to darth vader. Basically fixed her own rescue. I had never seen anything like that before. Reporter the role considered revolutionary in a maledominated genre. I recognized your foul stench when i was brought on board. All of a sudden we started to see women who did more than sit there once Princess Leia was out there. You also saw little girls starting to demand that. We wanted more than barbie. Reporter that legacy, bush says, will live on. Seeing leia changed my entire life. I think that little girls, decades from now, watching episode four are going to fall in love with her just the way i did. Reporter tonight an outpouring of grief from fishers costars. Mark hamill tweeting no words, devastated. And george lucas, the creator of star wars said in a statement, in star wars she was our great and powerful princess, feisty, wise and full of hope in a role that was more difficult than most people might think. The people that worked on star wars with her, they adored her. They just adored her. She was an idol worth looking up to. Reporter bob iger, the ceo and chairman of disney said millions fell in love with her as the indomitable Princess Leia. She will always have a special place in the hearts of star wars fans. Some things never change. True, you still drive me crazy. Reporter in july fisher finished filming the eighth installment of star wars, which is currently in post production. In the meantime, she will no doubt be remembered by legions of star wars fans with that iconic line may the force be with you. Next, the circus performer and big cat trainer whos lying around on the job. Plaque psoriasis. Severe chrc so i made a decision to talk to my dermatologist about humira. Humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. In clinical trials, most adults taking humira were clear or almost clear, and many saw 75 and even 90 clearance in just 4 months. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. 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This chilly morning in denver, colorado good boy. Good boy. Are you done . Are you done . Off you go. Good boy. Thats how he takes his vitamins. We will give him the other leg, mom. You will understand why she is here in a minute. They eat up to 16 pounds of meat every day. That must cost a lot of money. 5,000 a week. The lions, tigers and lionesses, feline family. The lionesses get jealous, which may sound silly but th p. When they come in to heat, they rub themselves all over me. They expect me to do business because im the top cat. Reporter the cats hang here when they are not eating, sleeping, performing. It is clean and spacious but captivity. On the move they must be caged for everyone but alexs safety. Stick your fingers in. Thats my girly. Good job. Reporter on to the stage, hes in. People are coming. Here, here, here. Good boy. Here, here, here. All right. Good boy. I remember the first time i was in the cage with these guys without this netting in between. These guys seemed least ten times bigger than they really were and i was absolutely petrified. Reporter his parents owned a zoo, started to train the animals an then joined the circus. This is a human being controlling a 700 pound animal that could very easily kill you. Exactly. But this is the secret. He doesnt realize he can kill me. He doesnt realize he could kill you right now. He doesnt because hes never been given the opportunity. He hasnt learned that. We dont declaw the cats or take their teeth out. Do you think they enjoy it . If you are going to keep any animal in a captive environment you cant expect them to live in a beautiful enclosure the rest of their lives and do nothing. Reporter thats alexs wife kate, she and her sister were acrobats and now kate trains what they call the fuzzies. I have been working with animals since about a year. Clear for takeoff. Reporter most of the circus, 300 people travel the country and live on this train. Alex and kate have a pickup, a motorcycle and a double wide. They live next door to their animals. Everyone knows everyone. Even if you havent worked together but you have heard of that person or their families. Reporter it must be like a soap opera,s gossip. You wouldnt believe it. They should do a reality show. They should. She lives in the next trailer. Someone told me you rode a polar bear. I fell off once. Reporter there are those that believe such captivity is fundamentally cruel. You think they are content. As long as you provide them with an environment that allows them to eat, sleep and reproduce they are content people dont care about things unless they have smelled and felt it and seen it with their own eyes. Thats what we do. Reporter arent you scared one will creep up behind you. We train them to think that we have eyes in the back of the head. A spotter tells you and you bark orders and they assume you have eyes in the back of your head. All right. Nearly show time. An opening number, some acrobats and then his 12 minutes of fame every day. Pays the bills, allows him to spend all day, every day with his beloved wild animals that most of us would run from, screaming like babies. Im nick watt for nightline at the circus. Up next a world war ii veteran gets serenaded by taylor swift. Abc news nightline brought to you by vo a lifetime of your dogs nutritional needs. All in one. Purina one. Healthy energy, all in one. Strong muscles, all in one. Highly digestible, and a taste he loves, all in one. Purina one smartblend is expertly blended. With 100 nutrition, 0 fillers, always real meat 1. Lifelong smart nutrition. Its all in one. Purina one. As after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. What about the people i care about . Including this little girl. And what if this happened again . I was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me . So i asked my doctor. And he recommended eliquis. 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Ask your doctor if switching to eliquis is right for you. Be ready to clean up the mess. House. The kids have fun, but its pretty gross. doorbell whats that . Its a swiffer wetjet. I can just grab this and just go right to the mess. That comes from my floor . Now thats disgusting. I want friends over you want friends over . Oooh. Wowww. There it is. Its the red tag sales event and people are excited to bring in the new year with a new chevrolet. Im a huge chevy fan. How would you feel about starting 2017 in a new chevy . It sounds wonderful. Honestly, i would take any one. Oh heck yeah i want to get one tomorrow. Fantastic turn it on, lets go. During the red tag sales event get two deals in one. Find your tag for an average total value over ninetysix hundred dollars on Chevy Silverado all stars. Hurry, the red tag sales event ends january 3rd. Who won the game, who won on the dancing show. I mean, if i watched that show. Same with my banking. With my bank of america mobile banking app, i can see my accounts all in one place. I can easily manage them and if something doesnt look right, im going to know. Plus, i can set up alerts to help detect unusual activity. So i feel secure. Wait, he won . Thats an average tango. At best. Finally tonight, every 13yearolds dream just came true for 96yearold world war ii veteran. Shake it off reporter 96yearold world war ii veteran cyrus porter might be one of taylor swifts oldest fans, and now hes one of the luckiest, too. Haters gonna hate hate hate reporter the diehard swifty got a surprise sing along with her after telling a local news station he is a big fan of her music. His excited family captured what they call a is christmas miracle. Plenty of selfies. One tweeting taking selfies, hugging babies and leaving lipstick marks, taylor swift does it all. It was bono who said music can change the world because it can change people. Thank you for watching abc news. 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