{"id":59860,"date":"2023-09-29T23:01:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T03:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=59860"},"modified":"2023-09-29T23:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T03:01:45","slug":"actor-michael-gambon-who-was-best-known-for-playing-dumbledore-in-the-harry-potter-series-of-movies-has-died-he-was-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/29\/actor-michael-gambon-who-was-best-known-for-playing-dumbledore-in-the-harry-potter-series-of-movies-has-died-he-was-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Michael Gambon, Who was Best Known for Playing Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series of movies, has died. He was 82."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-59862\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Michael-Gambon-obit1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Michael-Gambon-obit1.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Michael-Gambon-obit1-300x161.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>&#8220;We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon,&#8221; read a statement from his publicist. &#8220;Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of Pneumonia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gambon took over the role of Albus Dumbledore following the death of actor Richard Harris. 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