SAD FAREWELLS

Photo: PtD

FIELD NOTES: The corner of South Leia Street and Kinobe Avenue became a roadside memorial when a small bouquet of white carnations were left on the sidewalk soon after Carrie Fisher passed away. The next day, her mother, Debbie Reynolds died after suffering a stroke. Reynolds' son, Todd Fisher,  told Variety, "She wanted to be with Carrie." A photo surfaced with that has an eerie sentiment; a six-year old Carrie watches her mother perform on the stage of the Riveria.

The photographer Lawrence Schiller was tracked down by the NYTmes and asked about the moment he took the shot below:
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​And in 1963, after traveling from Los Angeles to Las Vegas with Debbie Reynolds, he was witness to a moment that he felt was emblematic of the relationship between Ms. Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher.

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“Her daughter was really mesmerized by her mother always,” he said. “That’s what really stood out.”

He said he had noticed the quality early on, when he was taking portraits of Ms. Reynolds at her home on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Ms. Fisher would sit in the corner and watch as he took picture after picture, he said.
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In Las Vegas, where Ms. Reynolds was performing at the Riviera Hotel, Mr. Schiller said he saw that dynamic crystallized: As Ms. Reynolds took the stage, someone who was watching over Ms. Fisher brought a stool to the wing. Ms. Fisher clambered up on top of it “all by herself,” he said, and sat through the entire performance.

Lawrence Schiller

​ABOVE: The Neon Museum sent out condolences with this photo of an artifact from the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel and Casino. LEFT:  In November British artist Chris Barker began assembling images of pop-culture figures lost during 2016 in this take of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album cover. The last few weeks had draconian revisions.