Carrie Fisher health condition latest news: Legendary 'Star Wars' actress and icon dies at 60

Carrie Fisher, known for her iconic role of Princess Leia in "Star Wars: Episode IV," has passed away at the age of 60 last Tuesday morning.

The actress' death has been confirmed by E! News.

Fisher had a heart attack last Friday while on a plane from London to Los Angeles. The heart attack hit minutes before the plane landed, and it was said that the United Airlines flight crew and some passengers who were doctors and nurses did everything they could to prevent the heart attack from taking away Fisher's life.

By the time the plane landed, L.A. City Fire Department had already provided advanced life support to Fisher before she was brought to the UCLA Medical Center. But unfortunately, despite all efforts to save the actress, Fisher has been confirmed dead last Tuesday morning by the family spokesman, Simon Halls.

Fisher openly admitted that she had been a long time substance abuser, mainly with cocaine and LSD, and had started using marijuana at the age of 13. But after she was diagnosed with manic depression, commonly known as Bipolar Disorder, she started turning her life around.

At first, Fisher did not believe when the doctors told her of her manic depression. "I used to think I was a drug addict, pure and simple — just someone who could not stop taking drugs wilfully. And I was that. But it turns out that I am severely manic depressive," Fisher shared in an interview with Diane Sawyer back in 1995. But after a big mental breakdown, Fisher bravely and publicly admitted the severity of her manic depression.

"I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs ... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out," explained Fisher.

To turn her life around, Fisher started investing in books. She wrote "Postcards From the Edge," which was famous because it featured her side as a substance abuser, and it became a movie where Meryl Streep portrayed her. She also wrote "Wishful Drinking" and "Surrender the Pink," and she was later on pulled to reprise her role of Princess Leia in "The Force Awakens" in 2015.