2023-09-28 15:00:27
British actor and television personality Michael Gambon, who played the character of Dumbledore in Harry Potterdied at the age of 82, his family announced Thursday, September 28.
In a fifty-year career, he has won five Baftas, the British equivalent of the Césars, and played the director of the wizarding school in six episodes of the saga. Harry Potter.
“Commissioner Maigret” on ITV
“A beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following pneumonia,” according to his family’s press release.
For the British public, he also played Commissioner Maigret in the series of the same name broadcast on the ITV channel. Michael Gambon made his first stage appearance at the theater in a production ofOthello in Dublin in 1962. He was knighted for his contribution to the entertainment industry in 1998.
He also gave his name to a turn on the circuit of the car show “Top Gear”, which he negotiated in spectacular fashion, narrowly missing an accident.
I’m so sad to hear that Michael Gambon has died. He was hugely amusing, and such a tremendous guest, we even named a corner after him.
— Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson) September 28, 2023
The former presenter of the show, Jeremy Clarkson, greeted a man on the social network “extremely fun” and one “incredible guest”.
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