Actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk7375ngkxo

RIP professor McGonagall

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The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y

We'll miss you, Professor. =(

bugsmith@programming.dev · 16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

She was 89 and no doubt lead a truly fulfilling life, and so I think objectively it's not a sad passing - she had a truly remarkable life and long life.

That said, she was a significant part of my childhood, and always on the television in the various households I've lived in for one show or another. It feels like losing a beloved grandmother, and I'm devastated. RIP Maggie.

Nighed@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 1y

She was one of the people I mentally considered immortal. She has been 'old' my entire life.

wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk · 13 pts · 1y

Good innings, Maggie, fly high. 🫡 Think I first saw her in Hook as a child

nobleshift@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
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wewbull@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1y

Damn. I thought she was one of the immortal ones.

Mango@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

😭

gasgiant@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y

That's a shame. Although living in that van all those years probably didn't help.

eatthecake@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Sad to say goodbye but she'll live forever in her performances and she had a good life. Coolest cat ever.

steeznson@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is probably what I'll remember her best for