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Billie Lourd is remembering her mother Carrie Fisher on the 9th anniversary of her death.
On Saturday, December 27, Billie, 33, shared a touching post on Instagram, saying she will “never stop missing” her mother and reflecting on how Fisher “keeps alive” the joy she experienced with her children.
After sharing a sweet early morning moment with her 3-year-old daughter Jackson, Billie wrote about Jackson’s special bond with Billie’s father, Brian Lourd, and how Fisher is at the center of it all.
“[They’re]like two old souls who’ve known each other forever,” she said of Jackson and Brian. “Seeing my father with his children is one of the greatest joys I have ever known. …Then I began to think how this joy could not be possible without my mother. This joy exists only because of my mother.”
“So even though she’s not physically involved in this joy, she’s part of the reason for it,” Billy continued. “She is no longer alive, but she continues to live in this joy. My grief takes many forms. Today, at this moment, that form is this joy that I experience as I look at my children with my father.”
“Thank you, mom. I will never miss you,” she concluded her post. The post featured a photo of Fisher and Brian, 25, with young Billy, and a recent Christmas photo of Brian cradling Jackson and Billy’s son Kingston, 5.
Fisher, perhaps best known for her role as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, died of cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles on December 27, 2026. “She was loved all over the world and will be sorely missed,” Lord said in a statement at the time. “Our entire family appreciates your thoughts and prayers.”
Adding to Billie’s grief, just one day later, on December 28, her grandmother and Fisher’s mother, Debbie Reynolds, died of a stroke at the age of 84.
After Fisher’s death, Billy opened up about his mother’s death several times. 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 co-star Mark Hamill.
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For the emotional occasion, Billie wore a dress featuring her mother’s image as Princess Leia and a glitter-encrusted Fisher’s Star to symbolize that her mother “left a trail of sparkle on everyone she met.”
“My mother is more than just Princess Leia,” she said in her unveiling speech. “She was Carrie Fisher. She was a wonderful actress who brought wit and strength to every role she played, from her first role in Shampoo when she was just 16 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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“Some years my grief makes me feel the warmth of my mother’s love, other years I feel angry, and other years I feel numb. But today I woke up just sad. I didn’t want to celebrate. I just wanted my mom,” she wrote.
“60 is too young to die,” Billy added later in the post.
Billie shared similar thoughts about Fisher’s 69th birthday on October 21st, writing on Instagram: “My mom would have turned 69 today, but she still feels so incredibly young because it was her 9th birthday ‘celebrated’ without her.”
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Billy went on to express his sadness that Fisher “didn’t get to meet his grandchildren and watch them grow into the magically intelligent, cheerful, kind creatures they are today.”
“She was a wonderful, magical human being and I want them to know that,” she added.
