Billie Lourd Says She 'Will Never Stop Missing' Mom Carrie Fisher as She Marks 9 Years Since Her Death
- - Billie Lourd Says She 'Will Never Stop Missing' Mom Carrie Fisher as She Marks 9 Years Since Her Death
Erin ClackDecember 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Billie Lourd is marking nine years since her mom Carrie Fisher's death
In a lengthy post on Instagram, Billie said she will "never stop missing" her mom and reflected on how Fisher "lives on through" the joy she experiences with her kids
Fisher died on Dec. 27, 2016, at the age of 60 after going into cardiac arrest on a flight
Billie Lourd is remembering her mom, Carrie Fisher, on the ninth anniversary of her death.
On Saturday, Dec. 27, Billie, 33, shared a touching post on Instagram, sharing that she will "never stop missing" her mom and reflecting on how Fisher "lives on through" the joy she experiences with her kids.
After recounting a sweet early morning moment she had with her 3-year-old daughter, Jackson, Billie wrote about the special bond Jackson shares with Billie's father, Bryan Lourd — and how Fisher is at the heart of it.
"[They are] like 2 old souls that have known each other forever," she said of Jackson and Bryan. "Watching my dad with my kids is one of the greatest joys I’ve ever known. … Then I started thinking about how this joy wouldn’t be possible without my mom. This joy only exists because she existed."
"So even though she is not physically part of this joy, she is part of the reason for it," Billie continued. "Even though she is not alive she lives on through this joy. My grief takes on many shapes - today, right now in this moment, that shape is this joy I get to experience watching my kids with my dad."
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"Thank you momby. I will never stop missing you," she concluded her post, which featured a 25-year-old photo of Fisher and Bryan with a young Billie, as well as a recent Christmas photo of Bryan embracing Jackson and Billie's son Kingston, 5.
Fisher, who was perhaps best known for her role as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, died on Dec. 27, 2026, after going into cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles. “She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly,” Lourd said in a statement at the time. “Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.”
Adding to Billie's heartbreak, her grandmother and Fisher's mother, Debbie Reynolds, died from a stroke at age 84 just one day later on Dec. 28.
Since Fisher's death, Billie has opened up about the loss of her mom on several occasions. When Fisher was posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in May 2023, Billie unveiled the plaque alongside Fisher's Star Wars costar Mark Hamill.
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Billie Lourd and characters from 'Star Wars' at Carrie Fisher's posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony in May 2023
For the emotional occasion, Billie wore a dress adorned with an image of her mom as Princess Leia, and took a moment to sprinkle some glitter on Fisher's star to symbolize how her mother "left a mark of her sparkle on everyone she met."
"My mom isn’t just Princess Leia," she said during a speech at the unveiling ceremony. "She is Carrie Fisher. She was an incredible actress who infused her wit and strength into every character she played from her first role at only 16 years old in Shampoo to her last role in Catastrophe."
In October 2024 — on what would have been her mother's 68th birthday — Billie posted a tribute on Instagram, sharing that she tries to celebrate Fisher "as much as possible" on her special day each year.
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Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd in 2015
"Some years my grief makes me feel the warmth of her love, some years it makes me angry, some years I feel numb but today when I woke up I just felt sad. I didn’t want to celebrate, I just wanted my mom," she wrote.
"60 is too damn young to die," Billie added later in the post.
Billie shared a similar sentiment on what would have been Fisher's 69th birthday on Oct. 21. “My mom would’ve been 69 years old today. Which still feels shockingly young because this is the 9th birthday of hers I’ve ‘celebrated’ without her,” she wrote on Instagram.
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Billie went on to express her sadness that Fisher "never got to meet her grandchildren and see them grow into the magical smart hilarious kind creatures they are today."
"She was a brilliant magical human and I want them to know that," she added.
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