Shame he didnt make 80..........
Rickman, who was born into a working-class family in London, began his acting career on the stage before graduating to Hollywood films.
He became one of the best-known villains in showbiz - appearing as Hans Gruber in Die Hard, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films.
The actor's other well-known films include Truly, Madly, Deeply, Sense and Sensibility and Love Actually, in which he played the wife of his frequent collaborator Emma Thompson.
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in Die Hard). Obviously the perfect Snape. Not a good start
to 2016.... Bowie, Rickman, both only 69,....the big C
Loved watching him in Harry Potter.
R.I.P
He will be remembered and missed
Yes sad to see two brilliant souls gone...they will be remembered...