Debbie Reynolds dies at 84: reports

(FILES) This file photo taken on January 24, 2015 shows Debbie Reynolds (R), recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and her daughter Carrie Fisher posing in the press room during the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium  in Los Angeles, California.    Film legend Debbie Reynolds died on December 28, 2016 after suffering a stroke, a day after the death of her movie star daughter Carrie Fisher, US media reported. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Ethan Miller
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 24, 2015 shows Debbie Reynolds (R), recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and her daughter Carrie Fisher posing in the press room during the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.
Film legend Debbie Reynolds died on December 28, 2016 after suffering a stroke, a day after the death of her movie star daughter Carrie Fisher, US media reported. / AFP PHOTO / 

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Film legend Debbie Reynolds died on Wednesday after suffering a stroke, a day after the death of her movie star daughter Carrie Fisher, US media reported.

“She wanted to be with Carrie,” her son Todd Fisher was quoted as telling industry weekly Variety, hours after the 84-year-old collapsed at his Beverly Hills home and was rushed to hospital.

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