Tributes have been paid to US actress Debbie
Reynolds, who has died aged 84 after a
suspected stroke.
"This is too hard to comprehend," wrote
entertainer Bette Midler, who said Reynolds had
been "beautiful, talented [and] devoted to her
craft."
Dame Joan Collins said she was " truly
heartbroken ", describing Reynolds as "a
wonderfully warm friend and colleague".
Reynolds' death followed that of her daughter
Carrie Fisher, who died two days ago aged 60.
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"I can't imagine what Carrie Fisher and Debbie
Reynolds' family are going through this week,"
tweeted chat show host Ellen DeGeneres. "I send
all of my love."
Star Trek's William Shatner called her " Hollywood
Royalty ", adding: "It breaks my heart that she is
gone. I'd hoped that my grieving was done for
2016."
Talk show host Larry King said she was " pure
class ... talented, beautiful, unsinkable," while
Madonna advised her Twitter followers to "Hug
Your mother today! Then Hug your daughter!"
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"Debbie went to be with Carrie," wrote Debra
Messing , who played Reynolds' on-screen
daughter in Will and Grace.
"She always worried about her. Carrie left too
soon and now they are together again."
Will and Grace star Sean Hayes added his
condolences, saying: "It is beyond astonishing
that both @carrieffisher & @DebbieReynolds1
have left this earth. I overwhelmingly adored &
admired them both."
Co-star Eric McCormack added: "The
combination of the loss of @carrieffisher & then
her mom @DebbieReynolds1 is too much. I'm
really at a loss here..."
Veteran comic actress Carol Channing, 95, called
Reynolds "beautiful and generous".
"It seems like only yesterday she was having
lunch here at the house and we were discussing
the possibility of working together in a new
show," she added.
Reynolds was also remembered by actor Albert
Brooks, who played her on-screen son in 1996
film Mother.
"I can't believe this happened one day after
Carrie," he tweeted , describing Reynolds as "a
legend and my movie mom".
"There is nothing harder than having to bury a
child," wrote Shatner's Star Trek co-star George
Takei .
"Debbie died of a broken heart, but she's with her
daughter now."
Others to pay tribute included actress Mia
Farrow, who said she hoped Reynolds and Fisher
were " somewhere having fun ".
British comedian Stephen Fry, who earlier tweeted
that it had been a "crushing blow to lose Carrie
Fisher", offered his "deepest sympathy" to the
family at "this new blow".
Actor Rip Torn said he had been "blessed" to
work with Reynolds in her Las Vegas stage show,
calling her "generous to a fault".
The Screen Actors Guild, who gave the Singin' in
the Rain star a lifetime achievement award in
2015, has also paid homage.
"We have lost a unique talent and a national
treasure," said its president, Gabrielle Carteris .
"Coming so close to the death of her daughter,
Carrie Fisher, this is truly a double tragedy."
Candles and flowers have been left on Reynolds'
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
