The Irish-English actor had a legendary career.
The Big Picture Michael Gambon, the legendary Irish actor who was beloved by millions worldwide for his performance as Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter franchise, has passed away at the age of 82 following a bout of pneumonia. His family confirmed the sad news in a statement this morning, saying:
Gambon's career, spanning six decades, initially took flight on the theater stage, where he shared the spotlight with the legendary Laurence Olivier. He ventured into the world of cinema with his debut appearance in Othello in 1965.
It was in early 2015 that Gambon, then 74, announced that he would be giving up the stage. “It’s a horrible thing to admit, but I can’t do it. It breaks my heart,” he told the Sunday Times, revealing he'd been forced into using an earpiece to try and have lines fed to him while auditioning. “And after about an hour, I thought, ‘This can’t work.’ You can’t be in theater, free on stage shouting and screaming and running around, with someone reading you your lines.
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