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James Blunt shares heart-wrenching reason he made Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher his son's godmother

James Blunt asked Carrie Fisher to be his son's godmother in the hope the honor would encourage her to 'look after [herself]' better.

And James revealed there was an underlying motivation in asking his friend — who died in December 2016 aged 60 after going into cardiac arrest, with drugs found in her system during post-mortem tests — to be godmother. He told the Sibling Rivalry actress he was a musician planning to head to Los Angeles, and when he admitted he didn't know where he was going to live, she invited him to stay with her. But after three months, the musician went into the kitchen late at night and found Carrie's staff talking about the actress, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 24.

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