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Veteran actor Christopher Lee has died

By Attitude Magazine

Screen icon Sir Christopher Lee has died at the age of 93.

The veteran actor, who starred in films such as The Wicker Man through to the recent Star Wars and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, passed away on Sunday morning after being hospitalised for respiratory and heart failure.

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Perhaps Lee’s most iconic role was as Dracula in a series of Hammer Horror films, but he was also well known for playing a host of iconic screen villains, from Scaramanga in James Bond and evil wizard Saruman in The Lord of the Rings.

After starring in a host of cult films Lee also became a regular collaborator with Tim Burton, who cast him in Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Burton went on to award him with a Bafta fellowship after the actor was knighted in 2009 for services to drama and charity.

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News of his death prompted an outpouring of grief from actors, musicians, and even the Prime Minister, who all paid tribute to Lee’s great talent:

 

Words by JOE WILLIAMS