DreamWarrior
11-01-2002, 11:02 AM
RICHARD HARRIS, ACTOR, DEAD AT 72
Richard Harris, the Irish-born actor best known for his role
of King Arthur in the 1967 film "Camelot" and more recently
as Albus Dumbledore in the first two "Harry Potter" films,
died Friday in a London hospital. Cause of death was not
immediately released, however, Harris was reportedly suf-
fering from Hodgkin's disease. He was 72.
On Friday, "Harry Potter" director Chris Columbus and pro-
ducer David Heyman said at a news conference that they had
recently visited Harris in the hospital and he appeared to
be fighting back. The second adaptation of the J.K. Rowling
series of fantasy children's books, "Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets," in which Harris also played Dumbledore,
opens Nov. 15, and the third is scheduled to start filming
next year.
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Richard Harris, the Irish-born actor best known for his role
of King Arthur in the 1967 film "Camelot" and more recently
as Albus Dumbledore in the first two "Harry Potter" films,
died Friday in a London hospital. Cause of death was not
immediately released, however, Harris was reportedly suf-
fering from Hodgkin's disease. He was 72.
On Friday, "Harry Potter" director Chris Columbus and pro-
ducer David Heyman said at a news conference that they had
recently visited Harris in the hospital and he appeared to
be fighting back. The second adaptation of the J.K. Rowling
series of fantasy children's books, "Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets," in which Harris also played Dumbledore,
opens Nov. 15, and the third is scheduled to start filming
next year.
http://us.ent4.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/warner_brothers/harry_potter_and_the_sorcerer_s_stone/richard_harris/harrypre2.jpg