{"id":373414,"date":"2025-12-28T04:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/373414\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T04:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:27:08","slug":"billie-lourd-says-she-will-never-stop-missing-mom-carrie-fisher-as-she-marks-9-years-since-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/373414\/","title":{"rendered":"Billie Lourd Says She &#8216;Will Never Stop Missing&#8217; Mom Carrie Fisher as She Marks 9 Years Since Her Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Billie Lourd is marking nine years since her mom Carrie Fisher&#8217;s death<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a lengthy post on Instagram, Billie said she will &#8220;never stop missing&#8221; her mom and reflected on how Fisher &#8220;lives on through&#8221; the joy she experiences with her kids<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fisher died on Dec. 27, 2016, at the age of 60 after going into cardiac arrest on a flight<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/billie-lourd\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billie Lourd;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billie Lourd<\/a> is remembering her mom, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/carrie-fisher\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carrie Fisher;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Carrie Fisher<\/a>, on the ninth anniversary of her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Saturday, Dec. 27, Billie, 33, shared a touching post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSx06wgko_W\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>, sharing that she will &#8220;never stop missing&#8221; her mom and reflecting on how Fisher &#8220;lives on through&#8221; the joy she experiences with her kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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&#8217;s father, Bryan Lourd \u2014 and how Fisher is at the heart of it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;[They are] like 2 old souls that have known each other forever,&#8221; she said of Jackson and Bryan. &#8220;Watching my dad with my kids is one of the greatest joys I\u2019ve ever known. \u2026 Then I started thinking about how this joy wouldn\u2019t be possible without my mom. This joy only exists because she existed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So even though she is not physically part of this joy, she is part of the reason for it,&#8221; Billie continued. &#8220;Even though she is not alive she lives on through this joy. My grief takes on many shapes &#8211; today, right now in this moment, that shape is this joy I get to experience watching my kids with my dad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Thank you momby. I will never stop missing you,&#8221; 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&#8217;s son Kingston, 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fisher, who was perhaps best known for her role as Princess Leia in the original <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/how-to-watch-star-wars-movies-series-in-order-release-date-chronological-8643269\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Star Wars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Star Wars<\/a> trilogy, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/carrie-fisher-dies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:died;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">died<\/a> on Dec. 27, 2026, after <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/carrie-fisher-heart-attack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:going into cardiac arrest on a flight;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">going into cardiac arrest on a flight<\/a>\u00a0from London to Los Angeles. \u201cShe was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly,\u201d Lourd said in a statement at the time. \u201cOur entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Adding to Billie&#8217;s heartbreak, her grandmother and Fisher&#8217;s mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/debbie-reynolds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Debbie Reynolds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Debbie Reynolds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/debbie-reynolds-dies-at-84-just-one-day-after-daughter-carrie-fisher-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:died from a stroke;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">died from a stroke<\/a> at age 84 just one day later on Dec. 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since Fisher&#8217;s death, Billie has opened up about the loss of her mom on several occasions. When Fisher was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/carrie-fisher-hollywood-walk-of-fame-ceremony-live-updates-7488889\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:posthumously honored with a star;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">posthumously honored with a star<\/a>\u00a0on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in May 2023, Billie unveiled the plaque alongside Fisher&#8217;s Star Wars\u00a0costar\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/mark-hamill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mark Hamill;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mark Hamill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Albert L. Ortega\/Getty Billie Lourd and characters from 'Star Wars' at Carrie Fisher's posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony in May 2023\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bcb56cffea6bd79adcdb168a3c70f7e1.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Albert L. Ortega\/Getty<\/p>\n<p> Billie Lourd and characters from &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; at Carrie Fisher&#8217;s posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony in May 2023<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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&#8217;s star to symbolize how her mother &#8220;left a mark of her sparkle on everyone she met.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My mom isn\u2019t just Princess Leia,&#8221; she said during a speech at the unveiling ceremony. &#8220;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\u00a0Shampoo\u00a0to her last role in\u00a0Catastrophe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In October 2024 \u2014 on what would have been her mother&#8217;s 68th birthday \u2014 Billie posted a tribute on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBZI-ntP8sC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>, sharing that she tries to celebrate Fisher &#8220;as much as possible&#8221; on her special day each year.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Barry King\/WireImage Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd in 2015\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4c66f22813021d6a0457d2c7831b6370.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Barry King\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p> Carrie Fisher and Billie Lourd in 2015<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;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\u2019t want to celebrate, I just wanted my mom,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;60 is too damn young to die,&#8221; Billie added later in the post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Billie shared a similar sentiment on what would have been Fisher&#8217;s 69th birthday on Oct. 21. \u201cMy mom would\u2019ve been 69 years old today. Which still feels shockingly young because this is the 9th birthday of hers I\u2019ve \u2018celebrated\u2019 without her,\u201d she wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQEvOnlkTPa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Billie went on to express her sadness that Fisher &#8220;never got to meet her grandchildren and see them grow into the magical smart hilarious kind creatures they are today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;She was a brilliant magical human and I want them to know that,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/billie-lourd-marks-9-years-since-mom-carrie-fisher-death-photos-11876483\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Billie Lourd is marking nine years since her mom Carrie Fisher&#8217;s death In a lengthy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[44242,182735,142558,236,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-373414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-billie-lourd","9":"tag-bryan-lourd","10":"tag-carrie-fisher","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}