A bit shocked when I read this. Only 65 too.
Read more here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21973505Actor Richard Griffiths, who starred in the Harry Potter movies and Withnail and I, has died at the age of 65 after complications following heart surgery.
Griffiths enjoyed a long career of success on film and on TV, but also on the stage where he was a Tony-winning character actor.
He was best known for playing Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films and Uncle Monty in Withnail and I.
TV roles included playing a cookery-loving detective in Pie in the Sky.
And on stage, his most acclaimed performance was as the charismatic teacher Hector in Alan Bennett's The History Boys.
After achieving a rare double of winning a Tony Award in New York and an Olivier Award in London, he recreated the role in a 2006 film version.
The actor, who died on Thursday, was appointed an OBE in the 2008 New Year Honours.
He was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, and left school at 15 but later returned to education to study drama, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He married Heather Gibson in 1980 after they met during a production of Lady Windermere's Fan in 1973.
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Richard Griffiths (a.k.a. Vernon Dursley from Harry Potter) dies
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I read this earlier and was quite shocked. Rip
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This news has made me want to rewatch the first one. RIP
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Rest in peace. Was so sad when I read about it and loads of celebrities he's worked with have been speaking about how great he was. I might have to rewatch Harry Potter soon
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29-03-2013, 09:13 PM #10
What a shame, may he R.I.P
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