Alan Rickman Dies at 69

David Ng, reporting for the LA Times:

Alan Rickman, the mellifluously baritoned British actor who played haughty villains in “Die Hard” and the “Harry Potter” movies and whose stage career brought him acclaim in London and New York, died on Thursday. He was 69.

Hans Gruber, R.I.P.

★ Thursday, 14 January 2016