Actress Debbie Reynolds dies a day after daughter

Agencies | Updated: 2016-12-29 10:10

Actress Debbie Reynolds dies a day after daughter

In this May 21, 2013 file photo, actress Debbie Reynolds poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, California. Reynolds, star of the 1952 classic Singin' in the Rain died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, according to her son Todd Fisher. She was 84. [Photo/IC]

Debbie Reynolds, a leading lady in Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 1960s including Singin' in the Rain, died on Wednesday, according to trade publication Variety, a day after the death of her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher.

Reynolds, 84, the Oscar-nominated singer-actress, was rushed to Cedars-Sinai hospital earlier on Wednesday, Variety said.

"She wanted to be with Carrie," her son Todd Fisher told Variety.

Representatives for Reynolds were not immediately available for comment.

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