Reuters reports:
British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, best known to global audiences for playing the wise professor Albus Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” movie franchise and whose career was launched by his mentor Laurence Olivier, died aged 82 on Thursday. He died peacefully in hospital, PA Media reported citing a family statement.
Gambon began his acting on the stage in the early 1960s and later moved into TV and film. Notable film roles include a psychotic mob leader in Peter Greenaway’s “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover” in 1989 and the elderly King George V in Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech” in 2010.
Read the full article. In the 2016 interview below, Gambon speaks at length about his years making the Harry Potter films and about Dumbledore being gay.
Michael Gambon, the Irish actor best known for his role as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the “Harry Potter” movies, has died, Variety has confirmed. He was 82.https://t.co/9WpPz14wIx pic.twitter.com/ynTNIllfR9
— Variety (@Variety) September 28, 2023
Michael Gambon, the veteran actor who played the beloved wizard Dumbledore in most of the movies, has died at age 82 https://t.co/CFXAoBaQab pic.twitter.com/ZiUtys1vxT
— CNN (@CNN) September 28, 2023
