Just coming over the wires that British actor Ian Holm has died at the age of 88.
Ian Holm, the versatile actor who played everything from androids to hobbits via Harold Pinter and King Lear, has died in London aged 88, his agent confirmed to the Guardian.
āIt is with great sadness that the actor Sir Ian Holm CBE passed away this morning at the age of 88,ā they said. āHe died peacefully in hospital, with his family and carer,ā adding that his illness was Parkinsonās related. āCharming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely.ā
Holmās final days were documented in a series of pastel portraits by his wife, Sophie de Stempel.