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Carrie Fisher wins posthumous Grammy for Best Spoken Word

Carrie Fisher wins posthumous Grammy for Best Spoken Word
Carrie Fisher and her dog Gary (Picture: Marion Curtis/StarPix/REX/Shutterstock)

Carrie Fisher has been honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for Best Spoken Word Album.

The late Star Wars actress, who died in December 2016 aged 60, won the award at the 60th annual Grammy Awards for narrating her 2016 memoir The Princess Diarist.

The book itself charted Fisher’s life while filming the first Star Wars movie, providing the world with the recent confession of her fling with co-star Harrison Ford.

Carrie Fisher wins posthumous Grammy for Best Spoken Word
Carrie Fisher and Rian Johnson (Picture: Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images for Walt Disney Studios)

Other nominees in the category included Neil Degrasse Tyson, Bruce Springsteen, Shelly Peiken and Bernie Sanders, and Mark Ruffal.

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Carrie was previously nominated in the same category in 2009 for her previous memoir, Wishful Drinking.

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The Grammys 2018 is set to kick off at 12.30am UK time, and you can find out how to watch the action here.

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