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Actor aced ‘wicked charm’ roles in ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Die Hard’ — Alan Rickman dead at 69

Posted by Debbie L. Sklar on January 14, 2016 in Hollywood | Leave a response
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 Alan Rickman after the performance of Seminar at the John Golden Theater, November 11, 2011. Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jastrow/6343878187/) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Alan Rickman after the performance of Seminar at the John Golden Theater, November 11, 2011. Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jastrow/6343878187/) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Film industry luminaries paid tribute to British film star Alan Rickman – perhaps best known for his role in the Harry Potter films as a malicious but basically good professor – following the actor’s death from cancer Thursday at the age of 69.

Many praised his character, but singled out his roles that often included an almost-trademarked “wicked charm.”

While flowers are often placed on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame stars of actors upon their deaths, including David Bowie earlier this week, there won’t be any such honor for Rickman. He had no sidewalk star on the famed Hollywood attraction.

Ang Lee, who directed Rickman in the 1995 “Sense and Sensibility,” and who was one of the four film industry figures who announced Oscar nominations in Beverly Hills earlier Thursday, called Rickman “a great human being,” a “brilliant actor” and a “soulful actor.”

Rickman, who acted on stage as well as on the big screen in a career spanning 40 years, was known for such films as “Die Hard,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” and the Harry Potter series, in which he portrayed good-hearted villain  Severus Snape.

“There are no words to express how shocked and devastated I am to hear of Alan Rickman’s death,” tweeted Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. “He was a magnificent actor and a wonderful man.”

Potter star Daniel Radcliffe posted a lengthy tribute on his Google Plus page, writing in part, “Alan Rickman is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors I will ever work with. He is also one of the loyalest and most supportive people I’ve ever met in the film industry.”

Tweets for Rickman were trending exponentially ahead of Oscar news, with more than 2.7 million tweets mid-morning.

British actor Stephen Fry called the actor’s death, “desperately sad news” about “a man of such talent, wicked charm & stunning screen & stage presence. He will be sorely missed.” Another British actor, Sir Michael Gambon, told the BBC that Rickman was “a great friend.”

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“Everybody loved Alan,” said Gambon.

A family statement published by the BBC said the cause of Rickman’s death was cancer and that, at the end, “he was surrounded by family and friends.”

—City News Service

Actor aced ‘wicked charm’ roles in ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Die Hard’ — Alan Rickman dead at 69 was last modified: January 14th, 2016 by Debbie L. Sklar

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