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Then I overdosed at 28, at which point I began to accept the bipolar diagnosis.

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Carrie Fisher
Age: 60 †
Born: 1956
Born: October 21
Died: 2016
Died: December 27
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
Novelist
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Screenwriter
Script Doctor
Singer
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Stage Actor
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Burbank
California
Carrie Frances Fisher
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Bipolar

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