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Harry Potter Stars We Lost

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The Harry Potter series has lost several cast members over the years, including Maggie Smith, Simon Fisher-Becker, Robbie Coltrane, and Michael Gambon. Notable deaths include Alan Rickman, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, and Helen McCrory. These actors, despite their passing, continue to captivate audiences through reruns and cherished memories.

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Harry Potter Stars We Lost

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Harry Potter Stars We Lost. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00It's March 30th. Welcome to Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. The Harry Potter movies drop starting back in 2001 and over 25 years later, fans still hold tight to those characters and the actors who played them. Sadly, quite a few have passed on with 25 names on the list from big stars to supporting players, like Oscar winner Maggie Smith as. Professor McGonagall, who dies September 27th, 2024 at 89. Earlier this year, Simon Fisher Becker, the actor behind one of Hogwarts ghosts from the first film, left us March 9th at 63. Robbie Coltrane, our beloved Hagrid, went in October 2022 as 72 for Morgan failure, while Michael Gambin took over as Dumbledore and passed peacefully from pneumonia in 2023 at 82. Co-stars poured out love after losses like Alan Rickman, Snape himself, who battled pancreatic cancer and died at 69 in 2016. Daniel Radcliffe mourned Richard Griffiths, Uncle Vernon,

1:04who had heart surgery complications in 2013 at 65. JK Rowling even tweeted about John Hurt, Juan Maker Oliveander, gone at 77 in 2017. Helen McCory as Narcissum Malfoy fought cancer until April 2021 at 52, her husband Damian Lewis, sharing how fearlessly she lived. Tragedy's hit young two, like 18-year-old Robert Knox, stabbed defending his brother before half-blood prince and Vern Troyer as grip hook, lost to alcohol issues in 2018 at 49. These actors built a world that's still passing down generations, like Coltrane said Hagrid would. Their work lives on and reruns in hearts, reminding us magic fades, but memories don't.

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