Legendary actor John Hurt dies at 77
“The much-loved actor whose career spanned six decades had suffered with cancer and an intestinal complaint during recent years.
Survived by his wife of 12 years, Anwen Rees-Myers, John Hurt is best known for his parts in The Elephant Man, Alien and Harry Potter.
Sir John Hurt was the son of a clergyman. During his battle with pancreatic cancer he claimed not to wish for an afterlife and said: “I hope I shall have the courage to say, ‘Vroom! Here we go! Let’s become different molecules!”
He said: “I can’t say I worry about mortality, but it’s impossible to get to my age and not have a little contemplation of it. We’re all just passing time.””
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