Saturday would have been Carrie Fisher‘s 61st birthday, and both fans and friends alike honored the late Star Wars legend online.
The actor’s personality was so larger-than-life that people are still reeling from her loss nearly a year later—especially during the entertainment industry’s current reckoning with sexual harassment and violence, issues she never shied away from. Just last week, a friend remembered the time Fisher hand-delivered a severed cow tongue in a Tiffany box to a producer who’d groped her and watched him open it.
She reminded him, “If you ever touch my darling Heather or any other woman again, the next delivery will be [clears throat] something of yours in a much smaller box.”
In tribute to Fisher’s incredible life, Twitter celebrated her birthday all day long:
Remembering Carrie on her birthday today. 😢 pic.twitter.com/cOwE3DRmFY
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/amy_geek/status/921789811807023104
"Take your broken heart, make it into art." — Carrie Fisher #bornonthisday pic.twitter.com/gRW3nXLSLO
— Tribeca (@Tribeca) October 21, 2017
In honor of Carrie Fisher’s birthday, we’re remembering her appearances on TODAY. pic.twitter.com/Zg76n00H9O
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/Breznican/status/921672095448186880
Happy birthday to the timeless talent, Carrie Fisher. She will be missed. #Catastrophe pic.twitter.com/E7A3omirzF
— Catastrophe (@catastrophe_tv) October 21, 2017
"Stay afraid, but do it anyway." #CarrieFisher pic.twitter.com/OuorzFKaxQ
— Priscilla Rodriguez (@PriscilRodrig) October 21, 2017
Happy birthday Carrie Fisher. Miss this icon and her wit & wisdom so much. pic.twitter.com/KR3BLHZep7
— Sara Tasker (@meandorla) October 21, 2017
Always. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/aFJpxrLR9G
— Star Wars (@starwars) October 21, 2017
And in perhaps the best tribute of all, Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, shared a childhood photo of the pair on Instagram, writing out “Happy Birthday Momb” in difficult-to-read emoji—the way her mother used to tweet.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BahReagAVa3/