Dame Maggie Smith, beloved Downton Abbey and Harry Potter star, dead at 89

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Dame Maggie Smith, beloved Downton Abbey and Harry Potter star, dead at 89
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Dame Maggie Smith, one of Britain’s best-known actresses has died, her sons announced in a statement shared by their publicist Claire Dobbs. She was 89. “It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith. She passed away peacefully in hospital early this morning, Friday 27th September. An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end,” the statement reads.

In 1978, she was awarded a second Academy Award, this time for Best Supporting Actress, for her performance in Neil Simon’s California Suite. She has also received British Academy Film Awards for her work, including for her roles in 1985’s A Room with a View and 1987’s The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne. Smith was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1990, and from then on was widely known as Dame Maggie Smith.

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