the actor Sir Ian Holm CBE passed away this morning at the age of 88. "He died peacefully in hospital, with his family and carer," adding that his illness was Parkinson’s related. “Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely."His wife, artist Sophie de Stempel, documented her husband's final days in a series of pastel portraits.
Born Ian Holm Cuthbert on 12 September 1931 in Goodmayes, in Essex, the budding actor first cut his teeth at the Royal Shakespeare Company before making an impact on television and film.
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