Sir John Hurt dies aged 77

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Breaking just now.

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Sir John Hurt dies aged 77

The Elephant Man star, whose career spanned over six decades, had battled with both cancer and an intestinal complaint in recent years.

Survived by his wife of 12 years, Anwen Rees-Myers, he recently starred as a priest in the Oscar nominated biopic of President John F. Kennedy’s widow, Jackie, currently showing in cinemas.

After rising to fame in A Man For All Seasons (1966), some of his most famous roles include the 1979 blockbuster Alien, the TV series I, Claudius in 1976 and starring as Winston Smith in the adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 made the year of the book’s title

Sir John Hurt being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015

More recently, he starred as wandmaker Mr Ollivander in the Harry Potter series and an incarnation of Doctor Who in a 50th anniversary special of the series in 2013.

While battling pancreatic cancer in 2015, Sir John - the son of a clergyman - said he did not wish for an afterlife, saying: “I hope I shall have the courage to say, ‘Vroom! Here we go! Let’s become different molecules!”

He also said: “I can’t say I worry about mortality, but it’s impossible to get to my age and not have a little contemplation of it. We’re all just passing time, and occupy our chair very briefly.”

Last July, Sir John was forced to pull out of The Entertainer production in the West End after advice from his doctors.

RIP

the wand chooses the wizard misterrrrrrrr potter

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RIP such a great man too.

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RIP John

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A moment to remember the talented John Hurt. pic.twitter.com/nd7ulGPidB

— Harry Potter (@harrypotter) January 28, 2017

[Stephen]

cringeeee lol

when i told my mum he died she just made this weird noise and i was like wtf was that? she said she was doing an impression of the elephant man :hmm:

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@Stephen;

i watched a vid of that HP theme park and i'm going florida next month and it is mega cringe. but i still wanna go