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

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Post by venomsnake » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:03 PM UTC

puppetmaster3 wrote: post #30

An actor?

The Actor

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

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Post by ekianjo » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:05 PM UTC

workitout wrote: post #27

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

Just watched Die Hard again couple of weeks ago, and every single time I watch it I love Rickman's excellent interpretation.

Losing Bowie, now Rickman, 2016 starts with a heavy heart...

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

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Post by maxerickson » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:05 PM UTC

venomsnake wrote: post #19

celticninja wrote: post #4

As a bad guy he was amazing, Hans Gruber, Sheriff of Nottingham and Snape are probably the finest examples of his work in this area but he was never limited to just the bad guy he just played them so well when he did.

While the three of them were antagonists, I would not qualify them as bad guys or villains. The only really bad guy I can remember he was playing was the judge in Sweeny Todd.

Gruber killed people because it made his robbery more convenient. He shoots the corporate dipshit guy in the head just to emphasize that he is serious. How much more villainous can you get?

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

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Post by tempodox » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:05 PM UTC

lionize wrote: post #22

Sad news, however how is this related to Hackery?

If you had ever been to Hogwarts you wouldn't need to ask that. Professor Snape will be missed.

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

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Post by ruudev » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:06 PM UTC

lionize wrote: post #22

Sad news, however how is this related to Hackery?

Quite easy. I expected a title like: Snape (from Harry Potter) is dead.

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

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Post by paulpauper » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:06 PM UTC

between david bowie and this, cancer seems to be the midlife killer of choice . Much process has been made in heart disease, but cancer? Not so much. Once it's spread, you're dead. (2 years usually)

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

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Post by castell » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:07 PM UTC

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000614/

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

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Post by ekianjo » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:08 PM UTC

paulpauper wrote: post #36

between david bowie and this, cancer seems to be the midlife killer of choice . Much process has been made in heart disease, but cancer? Not so much. Once it's spread, you're dead. (2 years usually)

> Once it's spread, you're dead. (2 years usually)

OK, this is completely wrong. There are several cancers which do not kill THAT fast in the first place, and several that can be cured with pretty good confidence. And it's often a matter of how soon you detect it - if you find it at Stage I, you have much better odds than if you find it at Stage IV.

Please stop generalizations like this.

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

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Post by castell » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:09 PM UTC

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000614/

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

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Post by pmtarantino » Thu, Jan 14, 2016, 2:10 PM UTC

I am very sad for this (I am a huge Harry Potter fan), but I can not let pass a curiosity of which this event is part of.

Aaron Ramsey (Footballer player for Arsenal, UK) has a reputation for apparently killing off famous people when he scores. Whenever he scores someone famous tends to pass away, of course it is a big coincidence, but he did score yesterday too.

Also scored last week, and David Bowie passed away.

If you google it, he scored the previous day of the deaths of Colonel Gaddafi, Steve Jobs Osama Bin Laden and Whitney Houston, among others.