Actor Christopher Lee dead at 93

zwiebel · Jun 11, 2015

British actor Christopher Lee died in Kensington, London at age 93 on June 8, it's just been confirmed.

Lee appeared in more than 250 movies, but for many was forever known as the vampire Count Dracula in a slew of "Hammer Horror" movies - the gory, gothic thrillers churned out by the British studio in the 1950s and 1960s that became hugely popular.

More recently there were roles in the Star Wars prequels and Lord of the Rings

http://abc7.com/entertainment/briti...he-rings-hammer-horror-dies-at-age-93/778056/

zwiebel · Jun 11, 2015

He was Sir Christopher Lee, I probably should have added. Also, besides being the king of sinister, he was a 6'5" WW2 ex-commando who spoke six languages and whose mother was an Italian Contessa.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e17c...fic-british-actor-christopher-lee-dies-age-93

He released a heavy metal album at 92!?

http://www.3news.co.nz/entertainmen...-another-metal-album-2014052813#axzz3cl69RoD1

skibaboo · Jun 11, 2015

A true legend! Count Dracula, Count Dooku, Scaramanga, Saruman.. the list goes on

Then there was the heavy metal

[video=youtube;-TnFIDKyX50]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TnFIDKyX50[/video]

RIP Christopher Lee. Rock on :guitar::rockon::rose:

LietKynes · Jun 11, 2015

Awwww...noooo. :cry:
While I understand he couldn't live forever; he DID live life to its' fullest !
Not very familiar with his earlier work, but he will always be Saruman to me !!

Rest gently, Sir Christopher Lee , you have surely earned it.

wfgodot · Jun 12, 2015

io9.com:

22 Incredible Facts About The Life and Career Of Sir Christopher Lee

3) He met Prince Yusupov and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, the assassins of the Russian monk Rasputin. He didnt do this as research for his later film role as Rasputin (in the 1966 Hammer film Rasputin the Mad Monk), but just as a child in the 1920s.

21 more at the link

wfgodot · Jun 13, 2015

Sir Christopher Lee (Telegraph)

New Yorker Postscript: Christopher Lee

Actor Christopher Lee dead at 93

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