Todd Fisher, Carrie's brother, revealed that there has been 'nothing new from doctors. No good or bad news'

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Carrie Fisher's daughter has rushed to her bedside as the actress battles for her life in intensive care after suffering a massive heart attack while on board an 11-hour transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles.

A harrowing distress call made by the flight's pilot revealed that Fisher, 60, was kept alive with CPR administered by a fellow passenger after she stopped breathing for about 10 minutes.

Her 24-year-old daughter Billie Lourd was photographed along with her mother's beloved French bulldog Gary sitting outside the UCLA Medical Center on Friday afternoon as family and friends wait for an update.

The star's brother, Todd Fisher, told Variety in a phone interview that there was 'no good or bad news' from doctors, with reports that Fisher is currently breathing through a ventilator.

Prior to landing at LAX, the pilot of the United Flight told the control tower that passengers aboard the plane were helping an 'unresponsive passenger,' but did not name who it was.

He revealed that that at least one of the passengers who rushed to the aid of Fisher - best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise - was a nurse.

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Carrie Fisher (seen above on December 11 in London) suffered a massive heart attack on board an 11-hour United Airlines flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday

Her 24-year-old daughter, Billie Lourd (above in orange jacket), rushed to UCLA Medical Center to be by her bedside. Lourd was accompanied by an unknown woman at the hospital

In addition to Lourd, the actress's beloved French bulldog named Gary was also brought to the hospital (above)

Television crews stand outside the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles as the world waits for an update on the condition of Carrie Fisher

During the recording, an official from the control tower asks the pilot: 'United 935, I need the nature of your medical emergency, and also the sex of the patient and if there is medical personnel at the gate.'

'Yeah, we've coordinated medical personnel for the gate, we have some passengers, nurses, assisting the... unresponsive passenger,' the pilot replied.

'So they're working on her right now, we're going to have her seated in about two minutes and we should hopefully be on the deck in about five.'

The 60-year-old actress's medical emergency occurred about 15 minutes before landing and it is understood that paramedics worked on her for another 15 minutes before they were able to get a pulse, TMZ reported.

She was in the process of traveling home for Christmas having spent the last few weeks promoting her new memoir, called The Princess Dairies.

Her daughter Billie Lourd - herself an actress who starred in Scream Queens and had a cameo alongside her mother in The Force Awakens - is Carrie's only child with talent agent Bryan Lourd.



A nurse on board the flight rushed to help the starlet after flight attendants asked if anyone had medical experience. It's been claimed by fellow passengers on the flight that she was not breathing for '10 minutes or so'

Brad Gage, a passenger aboard the United flight sitting in front of Fisher, sent the above message on Twitter immediately following the incident

Another passenger, actress Anna Akana, said the actress was not breathing for 10 minutes or so and that CPR was administered on Fisher until the plane landed

Akana sent the series of tweets above about the incident involving Fisher

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said paramedics were standing by for the plane's arrival at 12.11pm (PT) and immediately provided 'advanced life support, aggressively treated, and transported' the patient to UCLA Medical Center.

The Los Angeles Times reported that 'the actress was in a lot of distress on the flight'.

A statement released by United Airlines said that medical personnel met the aircraft on arrival after the crew reported that a passenger was unresponsive.

'Our thoughts are with our customer at this time,' the statement read.

Actress and well-known YouTube performer Anna Akana was seated in front of the Fisher on the United flight. Akana said on Twitter that Fisher 'was not breathing for 10 minutes or so' and that CPR was administered on Fisher until the plane landed.

Akana wrote: 'Don't know how else to process this but Carrie Fisher stopped breathing on the flight home.

'Hope she's gonna be OK. So many thanks to the United flight crew who jumped into action, and the awesome doctor and nurse passengers who helped.'

TMZ reported the 60-year-old actress's health episode occurred around 15 minutes before landing. Fisher is currently in the middle of a book tour for her biography, the Princess Diarist. She shared the photo above to her Twitter on December 21

There was no indication the actress was in poor health prior to the flight on Friday. She is pictured above in London on December 20 in a photo she shared to Twitter

Prior to landing at LAX, the pilot of the United Flight told the control tower that passengers aboard the plane were helping another 'unresponsive passenger.' She is seen above in a recent photograph with a friend during her London trip

'So they're working on her right now,' the pilot said in a public recording of the conversation in regards to trying to save the actress's life. Fisher shared the photo above to her Twitter account on December 19 in London with a friend

Outside of her Beverly Hills home, Fisher's housekeeper, Mike Gonzalez (above), told DailyMail.com: 'We don't know how she is yet. We had a Christmas meal planned here. Who knows what will happen now.'

A male caretaker (above) came out to confirm Fisher's mother, Debbie, is aware of the sad news, but insisted it was too early for her to comment. He said: 'We still don't know what's happened at the moment.'

Outside of her Beverly Hills home, Fisher's housekeeper, Mike Gonzalez, told DailyMail.com: 'We don't know how she is yet. We had a Christmas meal planned here. Who knows what will happen now.

'She didn't have problems with her heart - but it could happen to anyone, even kids can have heart attacks. I'm really shocked.

'She's really nice. I've worked with her for 15 years. When they said it was a heart attack this morning I was very worried.'

Fisher's mother, film legend Debbie Reynolds, 84, is awaiting news of her daughter's health from the home she owns next door to her.

Debbie was believed to be at her property in Beverly Hills this afternoon as reports of the dramatic health scare broke.

A male caretaker came out to confirm Debbie is aware of the sad news, but insisted it was too early for her to comment.

He said: 'We still don't know what's happened at the moment.'

The caretaker, who often looks after Debbie and her house, appeared in shock as he took a phone call on his cell phone and headed back inside the property.

In addition to Fisher's family rushing to her bedside at UCLA Medical Center, some of her close friends have also made their way to the hospital.

Fisher played the iconic role of Princess Leia when she was picked at just 19 years old for the film. She is pictured above in 1978 while playing Princess Leia in Star Wars as actor Anthony Daniels, who played C-3PO, stands next to her

Close friend Patricia King, 69, told DailyMail.com that her husband Dennis, also 69, is currently with the Star Wars actress in hospital and that there has been 'no change so far'. Fisher is pictured above in 1980 for The Star Wars Episode V - Empire Strikes Back

Asked about Fisher's trip to London, King added: 'Carrie wants to be English, she just bought a home over there. She just loves it there.' Fisher is pictured above in 2015 promoting The Force Awakens with her dog Gary

Fisher is currently in the middle of a book tour for her memoirs, the Princess Diarist, which is based on diaries Fisher kept while filming Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Fisher is pictured above with her dog in June

Close friend Patricia King, 69, told DailyMail.com that her husband Dennis, also 69, is currently with the Star Wars actress in the hospital and that there has been 'no change so far'.

'My husband is with her at the hospital now but there's been no change as far as I know,' said King.

'We just love her so much – we saw her last month and she was so much fun, laughing and lovely. The whole family is praying for her right now – we are really hoping that she's going to be ok.'

Asked about Fisher's trip to London, King added: 'Carrie wants to be English, she just bought a home over there. She just loves it there.'

Fisher is currently in the middle of a book tour for her memoir, The Princess Diarist, which is based on diaries Fisher kept while filming Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Fisher is considered Hollywood royalty, as she is the daughter of famous couple Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. She is pictured above in 2015 attending European premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Actor William Shatner tweeted: 'I ask everyone to stop for a moment and send special thoughts to @carrieffisher.' (sic)

Peter Mayhew who played who played Chewbacca in Star Wars sent the above message about his co-star

E.L James first simply wrote: '2016, back away from @carrieffisher'.

The 60-year-old looked full of health and was busy shooting two new projects in the UK before her Friday heart attack.

She was working on the Graham Norton show as well as the TV series Catastrophe, and seemed to be enjoying England.

The episode in which she appeared on The Graham Norton Show that aired on December 9, she discussed her latest book.

On Twitter she documented her time in the country, with her most recent post on Wednesday at the Charles Dickens lounge.

The actress's representatives did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's requests for comment on Friday afternoon.

Fisher first played the iconic role of Princess Leia when she was just 19 years old.

Fisher has talked openly about her struggles in Hollywood, including mental health issues. She is pictured above with actors Harrison Ford (left) and Mark Hamill (center) in 2015

After the first tweet, James added the above message concerning Fisher

Screenwriter Gary Whitta wrote the above message to Fisher on Twitter

Fisher's co-star from Star Wars, Mark Hamill, tweeted the above message after hearing news of her heart attack

She is considered Hollywood royalty, as she is the daughter of famous couple Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher and was born in Beverly Hills.

The actress has both written and spoken about her struggles in Hollywood, including her mental health issues and the solution she found for treatment - radical-sounding electroshock therapy.

Fisher's most recent health problems come after the actress revealed that she dropped 35 lbs before playing Princess Leia in last year's Star Wars film, The Force Awakens.

She told Good Housekeeping that she was forced to drop the weight in order to reprise her iconic role in the movie.

'They don't want to hire all of me, only about three-quarters,' she said.

'Nothing changes, it's an appearance-driven thing. I'm in a business where the only thing that matters is weight and appearance.

'That is so messed up. They might as well say get younger, because that's how easy it is.'

Fisher told the magazine that she was able to lose the weight 'the same way everybody has to - don't eat and exercise more.'

Fisher's most recent health problems come after the actress revealed that she dropped 35 lbs before playing Princess Leia in last year's Star Wars film, The Force Awakens. She is pictured above in 2015 promoting the film

Fisher said that she was able to lose the weight 'the same way everybody has to - don't eat and exercise more.' She is pictured above in 1977 filming Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope

Alison Haislip sent Fisher well wishes and told her to 'stay strong'

CARRIE FISHER TALKS HARRISON FORD AFFAIR ON GRAHAM NORTON SHOW During her appearance on The Graham Norton Show that aired on December 9, Fisher discussed her latest book, The Princess Diarist. The 60-year-old actress shared that she forgot that she wrote the diaries decades ago when she was 19 years old and found them in a storage room. Fisher said that she did not edit the diaries and what's in her book is truly how she felt while she had an affair with her Star Wars co-star Harrison Ford. Norton said that the news of her affair with Ford has caused a 'sensation.' '400,000 news services picked it up, it became a little embarrassing for me,' Fisher responded. Norton then said he found it extraordinary how they had the affair roughly 40 years ago and how she claims they never spoke of it ever again. 'I became friends with his second wife then, so we saw each other a lot ... I can literally remember three times … I of course made some oblique reference to it, and he went 'urghhh'.' Norton noted how Ford is going to have to talk about it for the rest of his life. 'I never thought of that, leave it to Graham, and now I feel more guilty,' Fisher laughed. Later on during her appearance, Norton asked Fisher if their co-star Mark Hamill knew about the affair, to which she said he really didn't. 'When I told him, he was shocked, I think he felt a little betrayed quite honestly,' Fisher shared. She told Norton that no one involved with the film knew about her and Ford. Advertisement

'There is no other way to do it. I have a harder time eating properly than I do exercising,' she added.

'It's easier for me to add an activity than to deny myself something.

'When I do lose the weight I don't like that it makes me feel good about myself. It's not who I am. My problem is they talk to me like an actress but I hear them like a writer.'

Last month, the actress confessed to having a three-month affair with her co-star Harrison Ford while they filmed the movie.

She told People magazine: 'It was so intense. It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend.'

Fisher was 19 at the time of the alleged affair in 1976, 14 years younger than Ford, who was 33.

Since news of her heart attack broke, Hollywood A-listers have flocked to social media to offer their prayers for the star, including her Star Wars co-stars.

Actor William Shatner tweeted: 'I ask everyone to stop for a moment and send special thoughts to @carrieffisher.'

Jim Jefferies wrote the above message calling Fisher 'an extraordinary person'

Michael Rosenbaum said he was 'devastated' about the news and requested everyone to pray for the actress

Sharon Osbourne sent the tweet above saying that she and her husband, Ozzy, love Fisher

Ellen DeGeneres sent the above tweet asking for people to send Fisher positive thoughts and love

Actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the iconic film, tweeted: 'Thoughts and prayers for our friend and everyone's favorite princess right now.. @carrieffisher'.

E.L James simply wrote: '2016, back away from @carrieffisher'.

Screenwriter Gary Whitta wrote: 'Be well @carrieffisher. Thoughts, hopes, and the Force are with you.'

Fisher had recently finished filming for 'Star Wars: Episode VIII,' which is the second of three new films in the massively popular series.

She first broke into Hollywood when she was cast in the role of Leia for the first Star Wars film, and then appeared in two sequels 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi'.

Her other film roles include appearing in 'When Harry Met Sally', 'The Blues Brothers', 'The Burbs', and 'Shampoo'.

The author and actress may be best known for her portrayal of Leia, but she is also an accomplished writer known for no-holds-barred accounts of her struggles with addiction and mental illness.

She entered a drug treatment center in the mid-1980s to battle addiction to cocaine and later wrote the bestselling novel, 'Postcards From the Edge,' that was adapted into a 1987 film version starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep.

Fisher also transformed her one-woman show 'Wishful Drinking,' which played on Broadway and was filmed for HBO, into a book.

Actress Bette Midler took to Twitter to express her concern about Fisher and send her well wishes for a speedy recovery

Actor George Takei sent the above message to Fisher and her family after quoting a tweet from Mark Hamill

Could Carrie Fisher's decades-long struggles with substance abuse and weight loss have caused her heart attack

The news that Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher, 60, has suffered a massive heart attack while on board a transatlantic flight has come as a shock to many.

But for those familiar with the star's own struggles in life, the horrifying announcement may not be unexpected.

Fisher is best known for her role as Leia, the Empire-busting space princess from the Star Wars movies, but she has long fought her own wars with drug addiction and weight loss.

Fisher was just 19 when she fought off Jodie Foster and Amy Irving, among others, to take the role of diplomat and rebel leader Princess Leia in 1977's Star Wars.

Weight issues: Fisher (seen left in 1983's Return of the Jedi and right in 2013 at the premiere of Gravity) struggled with weight issues. She was made to lose 10lbs to get the role of Leia

It was only her second movie, after Shampoo two years earlier, but it launched her to international stardom - and with it the Hollywood drug and party scene.

Fisher quickly became addicted to cocaine, the drug of choice in the late '70s, starting down a road she would struggle to leave for decades.

In an interview in 2010, while promoting her stand-up comedy show 'Wishful Drinking' in Sydney, she recalled how she had snorted the drug while shooting the movie's first sequel, The Empire Strikes Back.

'I didn’t even like coke that much, it was just a case of getting on whatever train I needed to take to get high,’ she said, adding that she was shooting scenes set on - ironically - the snow-bound planet of Hoth.

In fact, she claims, her addiction got so bad that even famously Bacchanalian comedian John Belushi - who died at the age of 33 overdosing on a mix of cocaine and speed - told her to calm it down.

User: Fisher said that even the famously party-loving James Belushi told her to calm down her drug use. She admitted to taking cocaine on the set of Empire Strikes Back

'Slowly I realized I was doing a bit more drugs than other people and losing my choice in the matter,' she said.

'If I’d been addicted to booze I’d be dead now, because you just go out and get it.'

Despite mostly avoiding alcohol in her earlier years, she admitted to partying during filming, including one night spent with the Rolling Stones and co-star Harrison Ford at comedian Eric Idle's house.

She recalled how she broke her usual rule and decided to get drunk with the band, before rolling in to an early morning shoot on the set about two hours later.

'And we weren't hung over, we were still in our cups,' she said. 'And if you watch the movie you can see that: Harrison and I are smiling as we arrived in Cloud City. Doesn’t that sound like a euphemism?'

Fisher was still using cocaine when the second sequel, The Return of the Jedi, was being shot.

In one scene, fans on Reddit noted, she has one fingernail longer than the others - leading to speculation that she used it to scoop up cocaine for her nose.

But Fisher blew that claim out of the water in spectacular fashion on Twitter: 'I never used my fingernail for drugs,' she said. 'I used dollars or tiny spoons like any other respectable former drug addict.'

Fisher jumped on and off the wagon for years, but in 2005 a shocking event pushed her back toward drugs.

R Gregory Stevens, a Republican lobbyist, came to her home along with a number of other people. He slept in her bed with her that night - and was dead by the time she woke up.

'And from the first moment I blamed myself,' Fisher told Vanity Fair in 2006. 'I thought I’d put the pillow on his face. I was in shock for months.

'I thought I had killed him because it had happened on my watch and I had failed to save him.

Spotted: Fans suggested that Fisher's long nail, seen in The Return of the Jedi here, was used to scoop up cocaine - the drug that Fisher was heavily addicted to in the 1970s

Danger: Fisher denied the claim in a tweet, saying she 'used dollars or tiny spoons like any other respectable former drug addict'. Drug use and heavy weight loss can weaken the heart

'They say his body was so worn out from drug use that if it hadn’t happened that night it would’ve happened on another one.'

The autopsy report said Stevens died due to 'cocaine and oxycodone use'.

But it also said chronic, and apparently previously undiagnosed, heart disease was a contributing factor - an echo, perhaps, of this week's dreadful news.

Fisher told Vanity Fair that her house became haunted by Stevens' ghost, until she had him exorcised. 'I was a nut for a year, and in that year I took drugs again,' she said.

The actress has always been very open about blaming herself, not the Hollywood environment for her addictions.

'It's always been my responsibility, she said. 'If it was Hollywood [that was to blame] then we'd all be dope addicts.'

It wasn't just drugs that haunted Fisher, however, but problems with losing and gaining weight.

Those struggles began early: She only got the part of Princess Leia in 1976 on the agreement that she would lose 10lb.

And the pressure to stay trim continued right up until the third film, The Return of the Jedi, when she famously wore a gold metal bikini, showing off her perfectly flat stomach.

Loss: Fisher was made to lose 35lbs to reclaim the role of Leia in 2015's The Force Awakens (pictured). She complained that they only wanted to hire 'three quarters' of her

'I have serious body dysmorphia issues,' she told The Daily Beast last year. 'But I must admit being somewhat proud looking back at [the Return of the Jedi] photos.'

Fisher's life was haunted by weight loss and body issues. In 2011 she told Us Weekly that she hated 'wearing big clothes' and joked 'they have to make a new alphabet for my bra size'.

She then became a spokesperson for weight loss company Jenny Craig, a role she has continued in up to the present day.

In a cruel echo of her experience on the first Star Wars movie, when she returned to the role of Leia - now a military general - in 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, she was once more told to drop weight for Hollywood.

Despite being clad in military fatigues for the film, she was told to shed a whole 35lbs before shooting began.

'They don’t want to hire all of me, only about three-quarters,' she told Good Housekeeping last year.

'Nothing changes, it’s an appearance-driven thing. I’m in a business where the only thing that matters is weight and appearance.