Rickman

Emma Thompson has delivered the most heartbreaking of tributes to her frequent on-screen collaborator and friend, Alan Rickman, who passed away after a cancer battle on Thursday.

“Alan was my friend and so this is hard to write because I have just kissed him goodbye,” Thompson said who played Karen, wife to Rickman’s Harry in 2003’s Love Actually.

British actor Alan Rickman has died from cancer at the age of 69, his family has said.

The star of stage and screen was among the most admired British actors of his generation, famous for roles in Harry Potter, Love Actually and Die Hard.

He won a BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild award during his career which began in the late 1970s.

British actor Alan Rickman, whose career ranged from the Royal Shakespeare Company to the "Harry Potter" films, has died. He was 69.
     
Rickman's family said on Jan. 14 that the actor had died after a battle with cancer.