June 11, 2015

RIP Sir Christopher Lee (1922 - 2015)

More information at the Telegraph

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing

A sad day to learn that one of my favorite actors has passed away, but heartening to know he led a full and long life. Sir Christopher Lee, along with his fellow Hammer colleague Peter Cushing, OBE, was one of the reasons I became a film fan and collector back in the 1970s. It was great to see him have a huge late career renaissance with appearances in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and two of the Star Wars prequels. I will miss him.



3 comments:

  1. A sad day for film fans, to be sure. He was signed to do one more film when he died; he kept on right until the very end. Now, what actor wouldn't want to go out like that?

    For me, he will always be Lord Summerisle.

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  2. Both he and Boris Karloff kept on right until the end. Dracula can finally rest in peace.

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