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am I the only one who didn't know that Dumbledore died?  

post #1 of 14
8/20/03 at 4:00pm
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I never saw/read anything about it! I am so discouraged! Who is going to play that character now? He was a perfect fit!

Of course, I don't know his real name. :
post #2 of 14
8/20/03 at 4:03pm
Dumbledore died?!

Are you sure?

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post #3 of 14
8/20/03 at 4:07pm
http://www.imdb.com/Name?Harris,%20Richard

Yes - he passed away on my little brothers 18th b-day.
post #4 of 14
8/20/03 at 4:10pm
Yes - Richard Harris... phenomenal actor of Camelot (and MANY other films) fame. I believe he died shortly before the last movie came out. Very sad .

I'm wondering who could possibly play Dumbledore with as much success.... maybe Ian McKellon, though with his role as Gandalf, he might be a bit over the old guy with long white beard type role.
post #5 of 14
8/20/03 at 4:12pm
Richard Harris, who played the part of Dumbledore died of Hodgkins disease (cancer) last October. Michael Gambon will be playing the part in Prisoner of Azkaban
post #6 of 14
8/20/03 at 4:14pm
Oy! Yes... you were the only one.

Somewhere in the last page or two of the VERY long Harry Potter spoiler thread abimommy posted a link to a site that has a pic of the new Dumbledore in full costume, etc... I will try to post it here.
post #7 of 14
8/20/03 at 4:35pm
Here is the pic.
post #8 of 14
8/20/03 at 7:47pm
hmmm... interesting pic., thanks! funny, i haven't seen any of the movies, but Dumbledore looks different in my mind...
post #9 of 14
8/20/03 at 8:00pm
Wow...the new guy looks pretty good.

I will miss Richard Harris doing Dumbledore though...
post #10 of 14
8/20/03 at 8:48pm
Ditto Gemini!

.... I really should read those books...
post #11 of 14
8/21/03 at 12:20am
Moving this to the books and media forum
post #12 of 14
8/21/03 at 1:04am
um, I think you are the only one who didn't know.

Yes, it was very sad. I really do like Richard Harris.

Michael Gambon looks great, before I saw the pic with him in costume I did think he looked kind of mean old man-ish but I guess the pic I got that impression from was just a bad pic or something.
post #13 of 14
8/22/03 at 12:41pm
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Thanks for the pic. He looks very similar, so it shouldn't mess me up too much.

Can you tell I stopped watching and reading the news months ago? I only knew about this b/c my dh told me. Sad, I know.
post #14 of 14
8/27/03 at 2:32am
I heard Richard Harris say, doing the talk shows when the first movie came out, that he really didn't want to take the role, because he was getting on in years and he knew they wanted to make seven Harry Potter movies. But then his granddaughter called him up and said she would never speak to him again if he didn't take the part of Dumbledore.

I really did love his nuanced performance and I always imagine him now when I am reading the books out loud.
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