Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69 • Hacker News Board

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

#21

Post by unwind » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:45 PM UTC

How sad.

This is a semi-dupe of this, btw: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10900974 (different source but same real-world event).

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

#22

Post by lionize » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:46 PM UTC

Sad news, however how is this related to Hackery?

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

#23

Post by ianamartin » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:47 PM UTC

Yippie ki yay, you awesome mother fucker.

Dammit, this makes me really sad.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

#24

Post by venomsnake » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:52 PM UTC

jalfresi wrote: post #14

mcphage wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why a spoon, cousin?

Because it's dull you idiot, it hurts more.

Note to trigger happy downvoters - the above exchange is verbatim from a movie of Mr. Rickman.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

#25

Post by overcast » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:54 PM UTC

I'm not usually affected by news like this, but I'm actually sad. This guy was awesome.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by lanmanl » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:54 PM UTC

lionize wrote: post #22

Sad news, however how is this related to Hackery?

Prepare to be downvoted you clod. HN is about hacking and obituaries.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by workitout » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:55 PM UTC

I was just thinking about Die Hard the other day. He was brilliant in all his roles.

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by overcast » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 1:57 PM UTC

teddyh wrote: post #15

Interesting fact: he got his actual career started remarkably late: http://www.cracked.com/article_19655_5-famous-late-bloomers....

That's crazy. Fourty-Six, and his first role was Die Hard!

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

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Post by david-given » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:00 PM UTC

Sigh.

It's time for tea. Epic tea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob7V_WtAVg

Re: Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and Die Hard Actor, Dies Aged 69

#30

Post by puppetmaster3 » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:02 PM UTC

An actor?