Alan Rickman, giant of British film and theatre, dies at 69

[John]

Alan Rickman, one of the best-loved and most warmly admired British actors of the past 30 years, has died in London aged 69. His death was confirmed on Thursday by his family. Rickman had been suffering from cancer.

[PopPhan]

A very sad day for the industry.

Thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Rickman's family and friends.

[The Hitchhiking Ghost]

Hans Gruber - Yippeee Cay Ayyyyyy!

[ibelieveindisneymagic]

We are so sad in our house. DD was a HUGE Potter fan and she loved Snape. He was a wonderful actor.

[EeyoresBestFriend]

RIP Rick ~ for me, you are forever immortalized by Severus Snape and the Sheriff of Nottingham.

[tinkwest]

Everyone in our household loves Die Hard's Hans Gruber or Harry Potter's Snape or both. So we are all sad today.

[John]

He also was fantastic in Love Actually...

[badkitty]

The news broke my heart. Such a wonderful actor. I love him in every role he portrayed. Several of my favorite films are in part because of him. Galaxy Quest is my all-time favorite. If you haven't seen "Bottle Shock", you should check it out. RIP Mr. Rickman. "By Grabthar's hammer, by the Sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged!" ―Dr. Lazarus

[SurferStitch]

I am just so saddened by this! I loved his work.

While he was, of course, amazing as Snape, there is one roll he played that was absolutely hilarious... Alexander Dane (a.k.a. Dr. Lazarus) in Galaxy Quest. He was a classically trained British actor in that movie (not a stretch), but hated that he had to do the ComicCon gamut as a washed-up Sci-Fi TV show actor. He was perfect!

[MNNHFLTX]

He also was fantastic in Love Actually...

He was very good in Love Actually (although I didn't like his character that much). But I loved him as Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility--loads better than Hugh Grant. I think I'll watch it again tonight. RIP, Alan Rickman.

[PirateLover]

So many memorable roles... he will be missed!!!!!! This one stings.