Lived a good 93 years. You will be missed, you awesome wizard you.
I got up, turned on computer and saw the news... I feel like it wasn't worth getting up today.
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Truly a legend has passed...
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Another star falls from the heavens.
You know, for some time now we appear to have had a surplus of mean, stupid, repulsive and worthless people running around working very hard to make the world a poorer, dumber, and uglier place - why can't some of them die for a change?
He lived a long, full life, and kept doing what he loved up to the end. It's hard to find a better way to go than that.
Thank you, Mr. Lee.
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Mildly not safe for work, but no other words can convey some of the things he did..
His time with the office of "ungentlemanly warfare" is sealed, but when shooting lord of the rings Peter Jackson was trying to coach him on the sounds he should be making. He replied that he knew very well what someone being stabbed in the back sounded like...
It says something when you've played dracula, Comte de Rochefort , a jedi turned sith lord and Sauromon himself that the most amazing role he ever played was Christopher Lee.
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Goodbye Mr. Lee.
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@ IHIYC: i know the sentiment, i've asked myself that question multiple times.
The man was a master of his craft, and so much more as an individual.
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My sole consolation is The Most Interesting Man in the Galaxy is reunited with some of his good friends.
God speed Sir Dracula Dooku Scaramaga Saruman.
He will most definitely be missed.
While I am not surprised as he was getting quite old I will miss him. I enjoyed his movies and will miss him.
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Everyone seems to know that not only had he met Tolkien but was given the great author's approval to play Gandalf "if the version was ever made."
Some more amazing facts about Sir Christopher Lee.
1. Was Knighted and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and the Venrable Order of St. John.
2. Help fight (and defeat!) the Soviet Union being on the side of the Finns.
3. Help fight Nazi Germany on FOUR theaters of the European and African war.
4. Actually met with Rasputin's conspiratorial killers and was present at the final execution in France that would use the guillotine.
5. He is a cousin to Ian Flemming, who was encouraged by Lee to publish James Bond. Later Flemming would want Lee to portray 007, but he would become the James Bond Villain Saramanga instead.
6. Is related to by blood to the family branch that would come to the Americas, including Robert E. Lee.
7. These and all of his interesting relations pale in comparison to another one. Christopher Lee is a descendant of Charlemagne himself.
Sir Christopher Lee also entered the Star Wars saga Long before his portrayal of Count Dooku.
While the art for the character never seemed to realize this properly, Christopher Lee was the inspiration for Grand Moff Ardus Kaine in 1994, as the Grand Moff who would take over Grand Moff Tarkin, who was portrayed by his life long friend, Peter Cushing.
One of the greats and a BIG part of my childhood and adolescence. Sad day.
RIP Sir Christopher Lee.
He knew the Black Speech of the Ring BY HEART.
He sang symphonic metal about crushing the Saxons.
It just goes on and on with that amazing man.
Let us all try to be so mighty.
93.
And still going strong, living a full and lively life, and working.
Just thinking about all the things he'd seen, lived through, done. Mindblowing.
Rest in peace, good sir.
Another star falls from the heavens.
You know, for some time now we appear to have had a surplus of mean, stupid, repulsive and worthless people running around working very hard to make the world a poorer, dumber, and uglier place - why can't some of them die for a change?
While I agree with you on part of what you said I must correct you. It's not "Another star falls from the heavens". It's "Another star has risen to the heavens".
There will never be another like him.
To you, Sir Lee, I raise my glass in salute.
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My sole consolation is The Most Interesting Man in the Galaxy is reunited with some of his good friends.
God speed Sir Dracula Dooku Scaramaga Saruman.
Intersting note to that picture, is how many appearances they each made on the big and little screen.
Peter Cushing....... 132
Vincent Price......... 197
Christopher Lee.... 278
John Carradine..... 347
A Total of 954 Screen appearances from just those 4 men.
