James Blunt Drops Shocking Revelation About Carrie Fisher's Final Days, Cause of Death

James Blunt revealed Carrie Fisher's devastating final days before she died in 2016.

Nearly eight years ago, Fisher died at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack and left her friends - including Blunt - heartbroken.

Recently, the "Carry You Home" singer opened up about their friendship while speaking about his 2023 memoir at the Hay Festival. He said the Star Wars actress was forced to mistreat her body since scoring the role of Princess Leia in the franchise's flick, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

"I was with her the day before she died," Blunt told the crowd, recalling how Fisher opened up about the pressure on her to be thin for her role. "She spoke about the difficulties women have in the industry, how men are allowed to grow old, and women are certainly not in film and TV."

Fisher herself told Good Housekeeping U.K. before her death that she lost 35 pounds to reprise her role in the 2015 film because they reportedly did not want to hire her.

The "Goodbye My Lover" singer noted that Fisher put pressure on her herself that she started using drugs again at the time. It would then reportedly cost her her life.

Fisher was on a flight from London to Los Angeles when she suffered a cardiac arrest. Paramedics removed her from the flight and rushed her to a hospital where she died hours later.

According to the Los Angeles County coroner's office, Fisher had cocaine, opiates, ethanol and methadone in her system at the time of her death. Still, it was unclear whether it had something to do with her heart attack.

"They say it was heart failure of some kind, but she had taken enough drugs to have a really good party," said Blunt.

Meanwhile, Fisher's child, Billie Lourd, issued a statement to People after the loss, saying that the matriarch battled drug addiction and mental illness at the same time until they ultimately killed her.

"She talked about the shame that torments people and their families confronted by these diseases. I know my Mom, she'd want her death to encourage people to be open about their struggles. Seek help, fight for government funding for mental health programs. Shame and those social stigmas are the enemies of progress to solutions and ultimately a cure. Love you Momby," Lourd continued.

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