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Singer James Blunt touched on pal Carrie Fisher’s sudden 2016 death when he appeared at this year’s Hay Festival, a U.K. gathering for readers and writers. The singer was discussing his 2023 memoir, which detailed his friendship with the actress. Blunt, 50, explained the mom-of-one — who died at age 60 — was at his house the day before she passed, noting that at the time, she had “been really mistreating her body” since she had signed on to portray her iconic role of Princess Leia in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Though Fisher was excited to reprise her beloved character, the preparation to do…

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