Daniel Radcliffe & J.K. Rowling Pay Tribute to HARRY POTTER Star Alan Rickman

As BWW announced earlier today, star of stage and screen, Alan Rickman has passed away at the age of 69 following a battle with cancer. (Read more on Rickman here)

The actor was well-known for his role as Severus Snape in the HARRY POTTER film franchise. Today, 'Harry Potter' scribe J.K. Rowling took to Twitter to share her grief over the actor's passing:

Also today, Rickman's 'Potter' co-star Daniel Radcliffe took to Google Plus to pen a beautiful note expressing his sadness over today's news. Read it in full below:

Alan Rickman is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors I will ever work with. He is also, one of the loyalest and most supportive people I've ever met in the film industry. He was so encouraging of me both on set and in the years post-Potter. I'm pretty sure he came and saw everything I ever did on stage both in London and New York. He didn't have to do that. I know other people who've been friends with him for much much longer than I have and they all say "if you call Alan, it doesn't matter where in the world he is or how busy he is with what he's doing, he'll get back to you within a day".

People create perceptions of actors based on the parts they played so it might surprise some people to learn that contrary to some of the sterner(or downright scary) characters he played, Alan was extremely kind, generous, self-deprecating and funny. And certain things obviously became even funnier when delivered in his unmistakable double-bass.

As an actor he was one of the first of the adults on Potter to treat me like a peer rather than a child. Working with him at such a formative age was incredibly important and I will carry the lessons he taught me for the rest of my life and career. Film sets and theatre stages are all far poorer for the loss of this great actor and man.?
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