Leslie Phillips, best known for voicing the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films, has died. He was 98.The British actor died “peacefully” in his sleep on Monday, November 7, after a lengthy illness, his agent confirmed to U.K.
outlet The Sun the following day. Phillips’ wife, Zara, added that she lost her “wonderful husband” and “the public has lost a truly great showman” in an emotional statement.“He was quite simply a national treasure,” she continued. “People loved him.
He was mobbed everywhere he went. When we married he cheekily introduced me to the Press as royalty, insisting I was the new Zara Phillips and that I was related to the Queen.”In a tribute to Phillips on Twitter, Piers Morgan described him as a “wonderful character & superb comedy actor.” Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, meanwhile, wrote that he was “sorry to hear Leslie Phillips has passed.
Always liked his pater and had a few nice exchanges with him on Twitter back in the days when you could do that sort of thing on here.”Phillips had a difficult battle with his health prior to his death.
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