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Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter’s Hagrid, Dies at 72

Robbie Coltrane, the baby-faced comedian and character actor whose hundreds of roles included a crime-solving psychologist on the TV series “Cracker” and the gentle half-giant Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” movies, has died. He was 72. Coltrane’s agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in his native…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Robbie Coltrane remembered as giant who made the Harry Potter cast a family

The young stars of the Harry Potter films remember the actor who played Hagrid, as well as countless other roles during his 40-year career, describing him as a "big friendly giant" and "one of the funniest people I've met".

ABC News

JK Rowling, Daniel Radcliffe and Nicola Sturgeon lead tributes to Robbie Coltrane

Emma Watson, Eric Idle, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie also among those paying respects to comedian and actor

The Independent UK

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Monty Python's Eric Idle on recovering from cancer and returning to the stage

Monty Python's Eric Idle wrote a play about a man getting pancreatic cancer. Little did he know he'd eventually end up with a diagnosis himself.

ABC News

‘I’m British!’: Eric Idle says it took him three years to cry about pancreatic cancer diagnosis

‘I didn’t cry till I knew I was going to live,’ 79-year-old said

The Independent UK

‘I was very lucky’: Eric Idle, 79, explains why he kept his pancreatic cancer diagnosis a secret

The comedian was recently given the all-clear, which prompted him to speak about it publicly

Evening Standard

‘I didn’t cry until I knew I was going to live’: Monty Python’s Eric Idle on surviving pancreatic cancer

Three years after being diagnosed, the 79-year-old has been given the all-clear. He reflects on losing his friends George Harrison and Robin Williams – and how he still manages to always look on the bright side of life

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Monty Python's Eric Idle, 79, survived 'lethal' pancreatic cancer after lucky rare diagnosis

Comedian Eric Idle, 79, has said that he feels 'incredibly lucky' and hopes to raise awareness after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer three years ago

Daily Mirror

Monty Python’s Eric Idle reveals he ‘survived’ pancreatic cancer after going on The Masked Singer US

Doctors were able to diagnose the 79-year-old extremely early

Evening Standard

Monty Python’s Eric Idle reveals he ‘survived’ pancreatic cancer

Doctors were able to diagnose the 79-year-old extremely early.

The Independent UK

Celebrities you might not know have links to Wirral

You may be surprised that some of these celebs hail from the peninsula

Liverpool Echo

Denise Coffey obituary

Actor and comedian who invested her many stage and screen roles with incomparable zest and cheek

The Guardian - UK

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