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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Libby Hill

Carrie Fisher wins posthumous Grammy Award for spoken word album

Princess, general and, now, Grammy winner.

Carrie Fisher, the late author and actress who portrayed Leia Organa, then Solo in the "Star Wars" saga, won a posthumous Grammy Sunday for her narration of "The Princess Diarist," earning the award for spoken word album.

Fisher, who died Dec. 27, 2016, four days after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles, was previously nominated in the same category in 2009 for her book "Wishful Drinking."

The Grammys are just the latest awards body to recognize Fisher's work after her death. In July the Emmy Awards nominated Fisher in the guest actress in a comedy category for her performance on "Catastrophe."

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