# Alan Rickman died?!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-rickman-died/743127>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 14, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-rickman-died/743127 "2016-01-14T13:05:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-rickman-died/743127/1 "2016-01-14T13:05:08Z")

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I don’t have a link. It’s “Breaking news” on my TV. Holy crap. Fucking cancer.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-rickman-died/743127/2 "2016-01-14T13:07:00Z")

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[Here’s a link.](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-giant-of-british-film-and-theatre-dies-at-69) He was 69. Again, fucking cancer.

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**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-rickman-died/743127/3 "2016-01-14T13:26:54Z")

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Yippee-ki-yay, Hans Gruber.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-rickman-died/743127/4 "2016-01-14T13:57:07Z")

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Discussion thread here: [Alan Rickman dies at 69 of cancer - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=781003)

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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, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-rickman-died/743127/5 "2016-01-14T14:32:37Z")

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Closing triplicate thread