Before Richard Harris passed away, I read an article about him and his being chosen for the Harry Potter movie series.

He was reluctant to take the part and asked his agent if he signed on for one movie, how could he ever get out of doing the rest of them.

His agent's response was "you will have to die."

We have lost a giant - he was excellent in all of his films and he will be missed greatly by Harry Potter fans around the world.