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« on: January 28, 2017, 02:26:04 AM »



Actor Sir John Hurt has passed away at age 77, according to THR. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015, though it is not clear if that was the cause of death. Hurt was knighted in 2015 by the Queen. He is survived by a wife and two sons.

Hurt began his career in the 1960s, with his first major role in A Man for All Seasons. He won two Golden Globes, for Midnight Express and The Elephant Man, the latter of which also earned him an Oscar nomination. Furthermore, he played Kane in Alien, the first person to have an alien burst out of his chest in the series. He later parodied the role in the Mel Brooks comedy Spaceballs.

In more recent years, he played wandmaker Garrick Ollivander in three of the Harry Potter films and co-starred as The War Doctor in the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who. Hurt was also known for his voiceover work. He voiced Aragorn in the 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, Hazel the Rabbit in Watership Down, and The Great Dragon on the TV series Merlin.

R.I.P. JOHN HURT — JANUARY 22, 1940 – JANUARY 27, 2017

Source: http://screenrant.com/john-hurt-dead-obituary/?utm_source=SR-FB-P&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_campaign=SR-FB-P&view=lista
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2017, 02:43:04 AM »

More sad news . . . just recently saw him in Snowpiercer & Only Lovers Left Alive . . . and caught him in Hellboy when that was recently on TV.

RIP.
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« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2017, 02:50:01 AM »

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2017, 04:33:22 AM »

Sad, sad news.... a truly great man Cry
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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2017, 05:37:29 AM »

Damn, that's sad.  He was a good actor.
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2017, 05:35:55 PM »

About John Hurt, I will say this.
Of all his roles, the Harry Potter roles(for which I don't know) the Alien role which is infamously known, his numourous character roles, the one that stands out to me is his portrayal as John Merrick, the Elephant Man.

As a child, my brother, 9 years my elder, would scare me with stories that the Elephant Man was going to come out of the closet and get me. Or that he was under my bed. We watched a program called "In Search Of" hosted by Leonard Nimoy and it did a show specifically on the Elephant Man. Scared the hell out of me. Wasn't til I was 17 that I saw the 1980 film The Elephant Man and John Hurt's performance humanized the once thought of hideous figure that I feared. He made me feel compassion and sorrow for him, cry and sympathize for the MAN! He was a man, after all! Not an animal! It is a great movie, Anthony Hopkins's teardrop at first sight of Mr. Merrick still sends a chill up my spine. Hearing John Hurt's muffled voice bashfully telling the gorgeous Anne Bancroft how beautiful she was is something I can still hear. Adagio for strings, people think I'm weird, but I have it on my playlist cuz first time I heard that song was from this film, when he lies down at the end, just wanting to sleep like a normal man. Just a great performance by a great man. He will be missed
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2017, 02:10:18 AM »

Really, really gonna miss Sir John Vincent Hurt. I have always been delighted when I've discovered he'll be in a movie I want to see, because his reputation as an actor needed no introduction. He was phenomenal in everything. When he took on the role of Olivander for the HP movies, I was like, "yaaaaas, he'll be fantastic... Again! 👍"  And, of course, he nailed it beyond my highest expectations.  He was a true thespian committed to the fine art of acting and entertaining.

May he rest in peace.
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2017, 02:19:01 AM »

http://giphy.com/gifs/bGiUM9EBfIr8Q

(anyone know how to post gifs on the forum?)
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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2017, 02:39:57 AM »

http://giphy.com/gifs/bGiUM9EBfIr8Q

(anyone know how to post gifs on the forum?)


On a computer at the Giphy website, right click on the image and click on Copy Image Address (using Google Chrome in this case), or if using a smartphone, tap and hold on the image to copy the link, then using the insert img link option like you use to post regular pictures, paste the image link. Like this using your link above:

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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2017, 02:42:50 AM »

On a computer at the Giphy website, right click on the image and click on Copy Image Address (using Google Chrome in this case), or if using a smartphone, tap and hold on the image to copy the link, then using the insert img link option like you use to post regular pictures, paste the image link. Here is the link I get from yours below:


Not working on my computer. Could be cos I'm on a mac. Could be cos I'm on Safari. Could be cos my computer is getting old and is on it's last legs. No matter. It has been embedded now which is the main thing. Thanks.




He only played The Doctor once, but totally owned the role.
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2017, 02:56:47 AM »

Not working on my computer. Could be cos I'm on a mac. Could be cos I'm on Safari. Could be cos my computer is getting old and is on it's last legs. No matter. It has been embedded now which is the main thing. Thanks.

Hey, Knox. Move your mouse over the image and Ctrl-click on the link. Ctrl-click on a Mac is exactly like right-click on a PC. To copy, Ctrl-click > Copy. To paste, Ctrl-click > Paste. Hope that helps 😊
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