Legendary actor Sir Christopher Lee died Sunday, June 7, after being hospitalized for respiratory issues and heart failure, The Guardian reports. The British star was 93 at the time of his passing and died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London.
The BAFTA winner has 281 acting credits to his name, and began acting in
1947. He is best known for playing the evil wizard Saruman the White in
the
Lord of the Rings franchise, Count Dooku in
Star Wars, and for playing the original vampire Count Dracula in a series of films from the late ‘50s to the late ‘70s.
Lee’s final film was
Angels in Notting Hill, which was released in 2014. He was also slated to appear in the movie,
The 11th, costarring
Uma Thurman, but it was still in preproduction at the time of his death.
Lee, who was knighted in 2009, is survived by his wife of more than 50 years, former Danish model
Birgit “Gitte” Kroencke and daughter
Christina.
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