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Richard Harris

A veteran of stage and screen who amassed a distinguished career spanning decades, Richard Harris notched arguably his highest-profile role late in his career, courtesy of the blockbuster Harry Potter film franchise. In two of his final screen appearances, Harris played Potter's beloved headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the first two installments of the blockbuster film franchise, The Sorcerer's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets.

Although he'll always be Dumbledore to generations of Potter-loving fans, outside of Hogwarts, Harris compiled multiple careers' worth of impressive credits and honors. He was an accomplished singer, actor, director, writer, producer, and songwriter who won Grammy and Golden Globe awards for his work on 15 different albums and more than 70 films, including Camelot, The Guns of Navarone, Gulliver's Travels, Patriot Games, Unforgiven, Gladiator, and The Count of Monte Cristo. After being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, Harris died on October 25, 2002 at the age of 72.