Dame Maggie Smith, Oscar-winner and, to Harry Potter fans, Professor Minerva McGonagall, has died aged 89, one year to the day since Michael Gambon passed. May she rest in Peace.
Dame Maggie Smith, Oscar-winner and, to Harry Potter fans, Professor Minerva McGonagall, has died aged 89, one year to the day since Michael Gambon passed. May she rest in Peace.
Matyelok Gibbs, who portrayed Molly Wesley's great-aunt Muriel in Harry Person and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, has passed away aged 91. Rest in Peace.
She is the first actor who portrayed a member of the Weasley family to pass away.
Here's a reputable source to finally end the debate over whether he has died or not.
http://streathamhilltheatre.org/jim-mcmanus-feature-in-best-of-british-magazine-august-2023
^ The problem is, if deaths such as his go unreported until the Equity Magazine, the chances of an obituary from anywhere, especially well-known papers such as those you referred to, is unlikely.
^×7 His death was announced via the Equity Magazine, and by Toby Hadoke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TobyHadoke/status/1662399758118297600
It has recently come to light that Jim McManus, who portrayed Aberforth Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has passed away aged 82/83. Rest in Peace.
Legendary 20th Century Comedy Actor Leslie Phillips CBE has passed away aged 98, following a career spanning 78 years, over 9 decades. In 2001, he joined the cast of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as The Sorting Hat.
Rest in Peace Leslie.
I can't hate Pam Ferris after The Darling Buds of May.
Rest in Peace.
Robbie Coltrane, who portrayed Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has passed away aged 72, of an as-of-yet-unknown cause. Rest in Peace Hagrid.
Spiders. Ron has a point.