The death of Debbie Reynolds just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher passed away is a reminder of the crushing effect grief can have on the body.
The 84-year-old Oscar-nominated performer reportedly suffered a stroke Wednesday. The official cause of death has not yet been disclosed.
"She wanted to be with Carrie," her son Todd Fisher told Variety.
"Broken heart syndrome," or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, has been well-documented in recent years. It can be caused by an emotionally stressful event, like the death of a loved one, and it has been blamed in cases when one spouse dies soon after the other.
