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Tributes have flooded in for the dad-of-two since he died from colleagues and friends including Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson, and Harry Potter author JK Rowling

Seven years after her debut album, the London based rapper is finally getting the industry recognition she deserves.

“I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be,” the iconic saxophonist John Coltrane once said. Anthony Robert McMillan chose his stage name as a homage to the jazz great and, as the actor Robbie Coltrane, went on to grow into the…

LONDON: Robbie Coltrane, the larger-than-life Scottish actor who played the beloved half-giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 72, his agent said.

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…

Comedian turned critically acclaimed actor, from Cracker’s sarcastic, cerebral Fitz to the half-giant Hagrid in Harry Potter

Coltrane was made an OBE in the 2006 New Year's honours.

The actor was known for his roles in TV series Cracker and as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.

Scottish actor who graduated from the alternative comedy scene to become a major performer known for taking on complex and difficult roles

US saxophonist who started his career with Sun Ra and John Coltrane and went on to find a more spiritual voice

Son House is regarded as one of the greats of early blues, along with early recording stars like Charley Patton and Robert Johnson. He made 78rpm records in the 1930s but a spell in penitentiary halted his career and by the 1940s he had abandoned recording. It wasn't until 1964…