# Actor Alan Rickman (Snape; Hans Gruber of Die Hard) has died - What?!

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**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 14, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-alan-rickman-snape-hans-gruber-of-die-hard-has-died-what/743125 "2016-01-14T13:01:05Z")
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### Author: ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-alan-rickman-snape-hans-gruber-of-die-hard-has-died-what/743125/1 "2016-01-14T13:01:05Z")

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Just announced on NPR. 69 years old.

What the heck is going on these days?!

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### Author: ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-alan-rickman-snape-hans-gruber-of-die-hard-has-died-what/743125/2 "2016-01-14T14:31:28Z")

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Closing duplicate thread.