Debbie Reynolds dead one day after actress daughter

Media have reported actress Debbie Reynolds has been taken to hospital a day after the death of her daughter actress Carrie Fisher. Photo: Reuters
Media have reported actress Debbie Reynolds has died a day after the death of her daughter actress Carrie Fisher. Photo: Reuters

Just a day after Carrie Fisher passed away following a heart attack, her mother Debbie Reynolds has died.

The Hollywood star, best known for her work in Singin' in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown died today as the result of a stroke, TMZ reports.

The 84-year-old was reportedly rushed to a hospital shortly after 1pm (local time) when someone at her son, Todd's home called 911 to report a possible stroke.

TMZ reports Debbie and Todd were making funeral plans for Carrie Fisher at the time, who died Wednesday.

Reynolds famously divorced Carrie's father Eddie Fisher in 1959 after his affair with Elizabeth Taylor. She went on to marry twice more.

She is survived by her son Todd, who simply told TMZ: "She's with Carrie."

Reynolds herself took to social media after the passing of Carrie Fisher on Wednesday, leaving a brief message on Facebook, thanking fans for embracing 'the gifts and talents' of her daughter throughout her career.

"I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop," she wrote, before signing off with 'Love Carrie's Mother'.

It's no secret Reynolds' relationship with Carrie was strained for many years.

In an interview with Oprah in 2011, Fisher famously revealed, "We had a fairly volatile relationship earlier on in my 20s. I didn't want to be around her, I did not want to be Debbie Reynolds' daughter."

Reynolds responded: "It's very hard when your child doesn't want to talk to you and you want to talk to them, and you want to touch them, you want to hold them.

"It was a total estrangement. She didn't talk to me for probably 10 years. So that was the most difficult time of all. Very painful, very heartbreaking."

But the pair became close in recent years, and following her death, Reynolds' son Todd told Variety: "She wanted to be with Carrie".

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