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Article: Carrie Fisher lends star power to fair.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- January 28, 2005
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Byline: Susan Sarkauskas Daily Herald Staff Writer
Starring in legendary movies. Admired for writing four witty novels and several screenplays, as well as work fixing other scripts. Respected as the host of a television interview program. All on top of being the daughter of a movie star.
Those don't mean much if you lose your mind.
Which is why Carrie Fisher thinks the success of her movie career "pales in comparison to her triumph over mental illness and addiction," according to the press release from organizers of an event she will speak at Saturday in Aurora.
Fisher will speak 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the second day of Provena Mercy ...