Editing Debbie Reynolds (section)

== Marriages and later life ==
[[File:Reynolds - Fisher - 1955.jpg|upright=.8|thumb|right|Reynolds and Eddie Fisher on their wedding day, 1955]]
Reynolds was married three times. Her first marriage was to singer and actor [[Eddie Fisher]] in 1955.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/25/arts/25fisher.html|title=Eddie Fisher, Singer and Actor, Dies at 82|last=Grimes|first=William|date=September 24, 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> They became the parents of [[Carrie Fisher]] and [[Todd Fisher]]. The couple divorced in 1959 when it was revealed shortly after the death of [[Elizabeth Taylor]]'s husband [[Mike Todd]] that Fisher had been having an affair with her; Taylor and Reynolds were good friends at the time. The Eddie Fisher{{snd}}Elizabeth Taylor affair was a great public scandal, which led to the cancellation of [[The Eddie Fisher Show|Eddie Fisher's television show]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FaiaBgAAQBAJ&q=cancelled&pg=PT35|title=The Fabulous Fifties|last=Foster|first=James F.|date=February 11, 2014|publisher=Page Publishing Inc|isbn=9781634172073}}</ref>

In 2011, Reynolds was on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' just weeks before Elizabeth Taylor's death. She explained that Taylor and she happened to be traveling at the same time on the ocean liner (''[[RMS Queen Elizabeth]]'') some time in the 1960s when they reconciled.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/debbie-reynolds-opens-time-elizabeth-taylor-stole-husband/story?id=28347271|title=Debbie Reynolds on How Elizabeth Taylor Stole Her Husband |date=January 21, 2015|publisher=ABC News|location=United States|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> Reynolds sent a note to Taylor's room, and Taylor sent a note in reply asking to have dinner with Reynolds and end their feud. As Reynolds described it, "we had a wonderful evening with a lot of laughs."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/debbie-reynolds-reveals-how-she-171252|title=Debbie Reynolds Reveals How She Forgave Elizabeth Taylor|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> In 1972, she noted the bright side of the divorce and her remarriage:
{{blockquote|Now in retrospect, though it was not my will, I think it probably was the best thing that ever happened to me. He did give me two great children and for that I will ever be grateful. Our door is always open to him. I believe in peaceful coexistence and being friends with the father of your children.<ref name=Chicago/>}}

{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|quote=Life is both faith and love. Without faith, love is only one dimensional and incomplete. Faith helps you to overlook other people's shortcomings, and love them as they are. If you ask too much of any relationship, you can't help but be disappointed. But if you ask nothing, you can't be hurt or disappointed.|source=Debbie Reynolds (1964)<ref name=Fresno>{{cite news| title= 'New' Debbie Reynolds Has Found Happiness Recipe| work= [[The Fresno Bee]]| date= March 2, 1964}}</ref>}}

Reynolds' second marriage, to millionaire businessman Harry Karl, lasted from 1960 to 1973.<ref name=":3" /> For a period during the 1960s, she stopped working at the studio on Friday afternoons to attend [[Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scout]] meetings, since she was the leader of the Girl Scout Troop of which her 13-year-old daughter Carrie and her stepdaughter Tina Karl, also 13, were members.<ref>{{cite news |title=Where Does Debbie Reynolds Go Every Friday Afternoon? |newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=November 23, 1969 }}</ref> Reynolds later found herself in financial difficulty because of Karl's gambling and bad investments.<ref name=":4" />

Reynolds' third marriage was to real estate developer Richard Hamlett from 1984 to 1996.<ref name="nypost/third-time">{{cite news |last1=Cahalan |first1=Susannah |title=Third time's the harm |url=https://nypost.com/2013/03/31/third-times-the-harm/ |access-date=January 12, 2023 |date=March 31, 2013}}</ref>

In 2011, Reynolds stepped down after 56 years of involvement in [[The Thalians]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thalians.org |title=There's No Business Like Show Business |publisher=The Thalians |access-date=August 17, 2015}}</ref> a charitable organization devoted to children and adults with mental-health issues.

Reynolds was hospitalized in October 2012 at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles due to an adverse reaction to medication. She canceled appearances and concert engagements for the next three months.<ref>{{cite news|title=Debbie Reynolds hospitalized, cancels three months of shows|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/debbie-reynolds-hospitalized-cancels-three-months-of-shows/|publisher=Fox News|access-date=October 10, 2012|date=October 10, 2012}}</ref>

She published the autobiographies ''Debbie: My Life'' in 1988 and ''Unsinkable: A Memoir'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Debbie Reynolds Memoir: 'Unsinkable' To Highlight Divorces |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/debbie-reynolds-memoir_n_1244735.html |website=The Huffington Post |agency=Associated Press |date=January 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305034649/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/debbie-reynolds-memoir_n_1244735.html |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=December 29, 2016 }}</ref>