{"id":10128,"date":"2016-12-29T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-legendary-debbie-reynolds-has-passed-away\/"},"modified":"2016-12-29T01:46:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:46:00","slug":"the-legendary-debbie-reynolds-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/the-legendary-debbie-reynolds-has-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legendary Debbie Reynolds Has Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/legendary-debbie-reynolds-has-passed-away\/21892?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\">Peter Martin<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/legendary-debbie-reynolds-has-passed-away\/21892?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Debbie Reynolds\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201612\/everettcollection_debbiereynolds0161228.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Legendary actress Debbie Reynolds has died, according to multiple <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/la-me-debbie-reynolds-20161228-story.html\">media reports<\/a>, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher unexpectedly passed away. She was 84.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her son, Todd Fisher, told <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/news\/debbie-reynolds-dead-dies-carrie-fisher-mother-1201949432\/\">Variety<\/a><\/em>: &#8220;She wanted to be with Carrie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Born in El Paso, Texas, Reynolds and her family moved to California when she was 8 years old. After she became an actress and landed a few supporting roles, her big break came in the immortal musical <em>Singin&#8217; in the Rain<\/em>. She displayed a bright comic touch and held her own as a singer and dancer against Gene Kelly and Donald O&#8217;Connor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds soon soared into movie stardom, proving especially popular in light comedies like <em>Susan Slept Here<\/em> and <em>Tammy and the Bachelor<\/em>. But she could also handle roles with greater depth, as in the comic musical drama <em>The Unsinkable Molly Brown<\/em>. She earned an Academy Award nomination as best actress for that performance.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As her movie career waned, the talented singer focused on nightclub performances and stage productions. In the 1970s, she became a noted collector of movie memorabilia and got more involved in various business ventures.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She also continued her career as an actress, appearing on television and occasionally in movies, such as <em>Heaven and Earth<\/em>, <em>In and Out<\/em> and <em>One for the Money<\/em>. Probably her most notable late role came in Albert Brooks&#8217; wonderful <em>Mother<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Debbie Reynolds received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 88th annual Academy Awards, presented by Meryl Streep in a speech that summarizes her fabulous career.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/legendary-debbie-reynolds-has-passed-away\/21892?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Legendary Debbie Reynolds Has Passed Away\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/legendary-debbie-reynolds-has-passed-away\/21892?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/legendary-debbie-reynolds-has-passed-away\/21892?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"Debbie Reynolds\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201612\/everettcollection_debbiereynolds0161228.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Legendary actress Debbie Reynolds has died, according to multiple <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/la-me-debbie-reynolds-20161228-story.html\">media reports<\/a>, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher unexpectedly passed away. She was 84.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her son, Todd Fisher, told <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/news\/debbie-reynolds-dead-dies-carrie-fisher-mother-1201949432\/\">Variety<\/a><\/em>: &#8220;She wanted to be with Carrie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Born in El Paso, Texas, Reynolds and her family moved to California when she was 8 years old. After she became an actress and landed a few supporting roles, her big break came in the immortal musical <em>Singin&#8217; in the Rain<\/em>. She displayed a bright comic touch and held her own as a singer and dancer against Gene Kelly and Donald O&#8217;Connor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds soon soared into movie stardom, proving especially popular in light comedies like <em>Susan Slept Here<\/em> and <em>Tammy and the Bachelor<\/em>. But she could also handle roles with greater depth, as in the comic musical drama <em>The Unsinkable Molly Brown<\/em>. She earned an Academy Award nomination as best actress for that performance.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As her movie career waned, the talented singer focused on nightclub performances and stage productions. In the 1970s, she became a noted collector of movie memorabilia and got more involved in various business ventures.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">She also continued her career as an actress, appearing on television and occasionally in movies, such as <em>Heaven and Earth<\/em>, <em>In and Out<\/em> and <em>One for the Money<\/em>. Probably her most notable late role came in Albert Brooks&#8217; wonderful <em>Mother<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Debbie Reynolds received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 88th annual Academy Awards, presented by Meryl Streep in a speech that summarizes her fabulous career.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}