[originalbuckeye]

Very nice article on an actor who will be sorely missed. Pancreatic/liver cancers seem to be emerging as the scourge of our generation. Nice pictures of the young Alan Rickman and lovely story about his life and giving back for all that was afforded him in his young life. RIP Mr Rickman, losing you, with your character and class, is leaving a gaping hole in the Entertainment Industry.

[BobinIL]

No one mentions that he played Eliot Marston the (bad guy) rancher in Quigley Down Under.

[miss marmelstein]

Alan Rickman became an overnight star in England when he played the hilariously jumped-up evangelical in “The Barchester Chronicles.” A comic star turn if ever there was one. That was 1982, the same time he was with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford - I travelled up there to see him in As You Like It and Troilus and Cressida.

Unfortunately,as talented and charismatic as he was, his star lost a little luster because of his relentless advocation of “Palestinian rights” and anti-Zionism. Tiring, boring and more than a little mendacious. I think his little troll of a girlfriend didn’t help.

Pancreatic cancer is indeed a scourge! I pray he didn’t suffer. May he rest in peace and I’m thinking of digging out my dvd of Barchester.

[rhoda_penmark]

[T-Bone Texan]

At what point did he turn into a hateful, extremist leftist?

Because he was a hateful, extremist leftist in real life.

[Hatteras]

Happy Trails, Hans