Unfortunately one of my Beardspirations has left us.
Actor Michael Gambon 1940 – 2023
Thank you for playing Dumbledore, inspiring millions.
Godspeed
In Memory
Fearsome Beard
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Unfortunately one of my Beardspirations has left us.
Actor Michael Gambon 1940 – 2023
Thank you for playing Dumbledore, inspiring millions.
Godspeed
Fearsome Beard 
I hadn’t heard this sad news. Another great actor gone. RIP
He will be missed.
Really sad. I saw him live on stage a couple of times, the last being In London 1989, with Jack Lemmon (yes!) in a play ‘Veteran’s Day’ which, unfortunately, not only I thought was a dud. It didn’t have a long run. But Gambon is possibly best known here for playing the title role in TV’s Philip Marlow in Dennis Potter’s superb 1986 7-part serial ‘The Singing Detective (and with Janet Suzman too), in which he was extraordinary. Definitely worth searching out for a watch.
Harry Potter fans will know that he took over the role of Dumbledore following the death of Richard Harris.
RIP Sir!
With Jack Lemmon? You lucky one seeing two great actors together.
Yes, they had joint star-billing, though it was mainly a two-actor vehicle (in one of London’s most ‘prestige’ theatres – ‘The Haymarket’). I really went in order to see Lemmon as it was unlikely, and as it turned out to be so, that another chance would come. As I say, shame about the play.
Later in his stage life, Gambon (I hear) habitually kept fluffing his lines, to the frustration of other members of the cast – which is quite understandable, coming to even the greatest actors of age.