Per TMZ. I just can’t anymore. I cannot stand another bad thing happening this year.
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Among the last legends from Hollywood’s golden age, Reynolds — an actress, singer, dancer, entrepreneur, humanitarian and historian — achieved fame that was bigger than the parts she played — from Singin’ in the Rain to her offscreen role in one of the most famous scandals in celebrity history when her husband, Eddie Fisher, left her for her friend Elizabeth Taylor.
Reynolds had one of those classic Hollywood discovery stories. Born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, to parents Maxine and Raymond, she moved with the family around age 7 to Burbank, California. It was in the Miss Burbank beauty pageant, when Reynolds was 16, that a talent scout from Warner Bros. discovered her and signed her to a contract with the powerhouse studio.
n 2014, the Screen Actors Guild awarded Reynolds the Life Achievement Award for her decades on screen and stage, followed by an honorary Academy Award in 2016 for her charitable work on behalf of mental illness. The awards were acknowledgements not simply of the work Reynolds did, but of the contribution she made. Along with a staggering list of roles and songs, Reynolds leaves behind her son, and granddaughter, Billie Lourd. Through them and her screen presence, one of Hollywood’s last golden lights will continue to shine.