{"id":104213,"date":"2023-09-28T12:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T12:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/28\/harry-potter-actor-sir-michael-gambon-dies-aged-82\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T12:23:51","slug":"harry-potter-actor-sir-michael-gambon-dies-aged-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/28\/harry-potter-actor-sir-michael-gambon-dies-aged-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><p>The actor Sir Michael Gambon died in hospital aged 82, his family say.<\/p><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The actor Sir Michael Gambon has died in hospital aged 82, his family say.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was best known for playing Professor Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight Harry Potter films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sir Michael also appeared in Fantastic Mr Fox, played French detective Maigret and starred in The Singing Detective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His widow and son said their &#8220;beloved husband and father&#8221; died peacefully with his family by his side after suffering from pneumonia.<\/p>\n \n                               <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n                <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                         \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actor Sir Michael Gambon died in hospital aged 82, his family say. 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