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Sir Michael Gambon

Albus Dumbledore

LONDON (AP) — Michael Gambon, the Irish-born actor knighted for his illustrious career on the stage and screen and who went on to gain admiration from a new generation of moviegoers with his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” films, has died. He was 82.

The actor died on Wednesday following “a bout of pneumonia,” his publicist, Clair Dobbs, said Thursday.

“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon. Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside,” his family said in a statement. Continue reading “Sir Michael Gambon”

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The Incompetence of FedEx

Harry Potter book ornament
Once again FedEx left a package, addressed to me, on my neighbor’s back porch. Being surrounded by people that don’t speak a word of english and will steal anything not nailed down, I had to snatch it like a porch pirate. The FedEx representative informed me that my only option was to leave delivery instructions to “deliver to the correct address”. I can’t wrap my mind around having to tell someone to do their job. I asked “so we’re to assume the driver won’t do his job and leave it wherever he wants”? To which the foreign phone flunky replied “that is correct sir, you need to tell them to deliver to the correct address”.
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Harry Potter Book Ornaments

Harry Potter Book Ornaments

I’ve thought about doing this for many years but never got around to it. This is a practice run but once I’m satisfied with the results, a final set will be made. Add an eyelet, a hook, and a quick polyurethane coating, they’ll be ready for the tree.

If all goes well, I may make Professor Lockhart’s complete works, Fantastic Beasts, Hogwarts, a History, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, and a Quibbler or two. Oh, why not… maybe even Rita Skeeter’s “Life and Lies” rag.

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Richard Griffiths

20130329-213328.jpgBy Sadie Gennis, TVGuide.com

Richard Griffiths, who played Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter franchise, has died, The Associated Press reports. He was 65.

On Friday, agent Simon Beresford announced that Griffiths had passed away the previous day after undergoing heart surgery in central England. Bakers honored Griffiths, calling him “a remarkable man and one of our greatest and best-loved actors.”

“I was proud to say I knew him,” Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter in the popular franchise, said in a statement. Radcliffe also worked alongside Griffiths in a 2007 London production of Equus.

“Richard was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career,” Radcliffe added. “In August 2000, before official production had even begun on Potter, we filmed a shot outside the Dursleys’, which was my first ever shot as Harry. I was nervous and he made me feel at ease.

“Seven years later, we embarked on Equus together. It was my first time doing a play but, terrified as I was, his encouragement, tutelage and humor made it a joy. In fact, any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence.”

In addition to Harry Potter, Griffiths is most famous for playing Uncle Monty in the 1987 cult classic Withnail and I. His last major role was opposite Danny DeVito in a West End production of The Sunshine Boys last year.

Griffiths is survived by his wife, Heather Gibson.