james2025a

Just read this a moment ago. What the hell is happening this year. Great actor. He was fantastic as Hans Gruber and Snape, but was always worth watching in whatever he appeared in.

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/post/137...n-dies-aged-69

EddieMoney

RIP Hans

Quack

Fucking cancer.

wendersfan

Never give up. Never surrender.

scorpion

RIP Sir Alexander Dane

Trickshot

Just seen it too. Dammit! First Bowie and now Rickman. Both 69. Both to bloody cancer. Sad start to the year.

stingermck

Happy trails Hans.

Ugh. This one sucks. Die Hard is my favorite film and Hans is one of the best villains. And tghat doesnt even begin to talk about his other roles.

B5Erik

Man, what a great actor. That's a real shame - he had so much more to give as an actor, and I'm sure his family and friends would tell you that he had a lot more to give as a human being, too.

Geez, 69 years old? Not nearly old enough to go.

His work will live on, though. We just watched Die Hard a few weeks ago. He helped make that an absolute classic. Without him it isn't nearly as good.

bacigalup

Here's a more comprehensive obit of his life, from The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016...tre-dies-at-69

RIP, Mr. Rickman

dex14

bluetoast

Man. Sad news. Bad week.

Josh-da-man

We just keep losing awesome people.

TomOpus

JasonF

Not a good week for 69-year old sexy British men beloved by the geek community. Someone send a doctor to check on Tim Curry!

I'll miss Rickman. Like others have said, Die Hard is just such an iconic role. And he was amazing in so many other movies. One of my favorites was his (intentionally) scenery-chewing performance as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Kevin Costner's Robin Hood.

Perkinsun Dzees

Man, what a shitty week this has been.





RIP Alan Rickman

Josh-da-man

Josh-da-man

Don't even go there, man.

Decker

So sad. He was a Hell of an actor.

wishbone

You shall be avenged Alan Rickman.

Timber

Shit. I have at most 29 years left on this earth is what this tells me. I'm in nowhere near the shape that this guy was in.

RichC2

Cancer doesn't care what shape you're in. William Shatner is 85 years old and hardly in great shape, Andy Whitfield only made it to 39 and he was ripped.

Drexl

I have to concur about this being an awful week. RIP.

I think my favorite role of his was his voice as Marvin in the Hitchhiker's Guide movie.

Solid Snake

Lemmy, Bowie, and Rickman. Really? Fucking shitty year already.

RichC2

Yeah, Lemmy outlived Bowie and Rickman, who woulda guessed? (Rickman died about 6 weeks younger, David Bowie a full year).

Noonan

Oh wow...that came out of left field. Tough loss.

RIP Metatron