what caused carrie fisher's heart attack
And just hours after her death, new details surrounding the âStar Warsâ starâs official cause of death have been revealed. Carrie Fisher died at just 60 years old on Dec. 27, and itâs now been revealed that she passed away from cardiac arrest, according to TMZ. It was previous reported that Carrie suffered a heart attack while on a plane to LAX on Dec. 24, just fifteen minutes before it landed, but a new report says she never had a heart attack. Instead, her heart just stopped beating.