Carrie Fisher may have predicted the date of her own death, says close friend James Blunt

The British singer was staying with the Star Wars actress 13 years ago 
Prediction: James Blunt says friend Carrie Fisher predicted her own death date
Carrie Fisher
Jennifer Ruby20 February 2017
The Weekender

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

Carrie Fisher may have accurately predicted the date of her own death, friend James Blunt has revealed.

The Star Wars icon, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest in December last year, told the singer exactly when she thought she was going to die 13 years ago.

According to Blunt, Fisher wrote her birth date and what she thought would be her death date on a cardboard cutout of herself while he was staying at her LA home.

Speaking about how he stayed with the actress while he was recording album Back to Bedlam, he told the Sunday Times:

“[It was called that] because I lived in a madhouse with her,” he said.

“[I remember] she put a cardboard cutout of herself as Leia outside my room, with her date of birth and date of death on her forehead.”

Carrie Fisher

1/10

Blunt added: “I'm trying to remember what the date was, because it was around now - and I remember thinking it was too soon.

“She went out with a bang, as she was back in movies. Maybe it was a great time to go."

Blunt and Fisher were close for years and the British singer even made the actress godmother to his son.

“The saddest thing is that my son will never get to know someone I thought was the most special person. Fisher was my American mother, and a real inspiration,” he said.

Fisher, who died just one day before her mother Debbie Reynolds, went into cardiac arrest mid-flight between London and LA.

She later passed away at the UCLA Medical Center, having never regained consciousness.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in