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Reynolds was a singer, dancer and actress who started her career as a teenager

Her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher, died Tuesday after suffering cardiac arrest

(CNN) —

Two days. Two deaths of iconic Hollywood actresses who were also mother and daughter.

Debbie Reynolds died Wednesday at 84, one day after daughter Carrie Fisher’s death.

It’s unclear why Reynolds died – she had complained of breathing problems, an unnamed sourced told the Los Angeles Times – but she was reeling emotionally from losing her daughter, who was 60.

“She spoke to me this morning and said she missed Carrie,” said Reynolds’ son Todd Fisher. “She’s with Carrie now. Reynolds’ long career in entertainment

In late November in an interview on WHYY’s “Fresh Air,” host Terry Gross spoke with Fisher about her mother.

Though famous, the two went through the same evolution that many moms and daughters experience – it can be feisty during the teenage years, and maybe into a daughter’s early 20s, but as the child ages, she begins to appreciate the wisdom, power and experience of the woman who, despite obstacles, raised her, lived as an example to her, loved her without condition.

“I could appreciate – she’s an immensely powerful woman. And I just admire my mother very much. She also annoys me sometimes when she’s, you know, mad at the nurses,” Fisher said, referring to a time years ago when Reynolds was ill. “But, you know, she’s an extraordinary woman, extraordinary.

“There are very few women from her generation who worked like that, who just kept a career going all her life and raised children and had horrible relationships and lost all her money and got it back again. I mean, she’s had an amazing life, and she’s someone to admire.”

Gross asked if Fisher admired her mother’s strength and accomplishments as Fisher got older.

“Oh, God, yeah. No, when I was a kid, I just thought she was someone who was telling me what to do. And I didn’t want to do it.”