One of Britain’s favourite actors Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69.
According to the Guardian, the veteran actor died on Thursday after a battle with cancer at the age of 69.
He recently won a fresh legion of fans as the rather camp Professor Snape in the Harry Potter franchise of films and as the equally camp Hans Gruber in Die Hard With A Vengence in 1995.
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In 1998 Rickham played a gay part in Dark Harbor.
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He met his wife Rima Horton, an economics lecturer in 1965 and married in 2012.
Alan Rickman’s agent confirmed his death today, and that he was surrounded by friends and family.
