{"id":69851,"date":"2024-05-05T17:45:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T21:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=69851"},"modified":"2024-05-05T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T21:45:27","slug":"bernard-hill-an-actor-known-for-titanic-and-lord-of-the-rings-dead-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/05\/bernard-hill-an-actor-known-for-titanic-and-lord-of-the-rings-dead-at-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Hill, an actor known for &#8220;Titanic&#8221; and &#8220;Lord of the Rings,&#8221; dead at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_69852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69852\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69852 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bernard_Hill2_cropped.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bernard_Hill2_cropped.webp 564w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Bernard_Hill2_cropped-300x211.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Flickr user, Gemma Longman derivative work: Ukexpat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bernard Hill&#8217;s big break came in 1982 when he starred in the BBC2 program, &#8220;<em>The Black Stuff,&#8221;<\/em> as Yosser Hughes, a working-class man riddled with obstacles including the loss of his job. 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Thinking of his family at this very sad time, and wishing them a lot of strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bernard_Hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More About Bernard Hill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Hill&#8217;s big break came in 1982 when he starred in the BBC2 program, &#8220;The Black Stuff,&#8221; as Yosser Hughes, a working-class man riddled with obstacles including the loss of his job. 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