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The real-life Shirley to the late Penny Marshall’s Laverne was, in fact, none other than Carrie Fisher . And, true to form, both late icons did friendship — how else? — their way. "I want to thank Carrie Fisher, my friend and partner in crime for more than 30 years," Marshall, who died on December 17 at age 75 from diabetes complications, wrote in her 2012 memoir, My Mother Was Nuts . "We’ve lasted longer than all of our marriages combined. Our crazy lives have meshed perfectly. We’ve always said it’s because we never liked the same drugs or men, but I know there’s more to it."

Indeed, there was more to it. The force of friendship was instantly strong between the women, even as soon as when they first met in the late 1970s via Fisher's then-husba

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