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Jun 2024
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Famous & Gravy: Likable Villain (Alan Ri...

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This person died in 2016, age 69. In an acting career spanning more than 40 years, he played a panoply of fascinating characters. He had his early successes in stage works involving the Royal Shakespeare Company. Though he was never nominated for an Academy Award, he shrugged off the value of awards in general. He gained a worldwide audience in “Die Hard,” playing Hans Gruber, the devious, well-spoken terrorist who took over the fictional Nakatomi Plaza. More recently, he played the notorious professor Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” series. Today’s dead celebrity is Alan Rickman. 


This episode originally published November 2, 2022.


Famous & Gravy is created and co-hosted by Amit Kapoor and Michael Osborne. This episode was produced by Jacob Weiss. Sign up for our newsletter at famousandgravy.com and also enjoy our mobile quiz game at deadoraliveapp.com


If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like Episode 55 “Pure Imagination” (Gene Wilder) and Episode 44 “Inner Soprano” (James Gandolfini)


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New York Times obituary for Alan Rickman

Emma Thompson tribute to Alan Rickman

Kevin Smith tribute to Alan Rickman

Hans Gruber fall in Die Hard

Alan Rickman’s voicemail bit on Family Guy

Alan Rickman takes Jimmy Fallon to task

Alan Rickman behind the scenes of Harry Potter as Snape

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