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The article "Richard Griffiths, star of The History Boys and Harry Potter, has died aged 65" was published March 29, 2013 by Alice Vincent, Entertainment writer. 

The article

     British actor Richard Griffiths OBE has died from complications following heart surgery, aged 65.

     An actor of stage, film and television, Griffiths was best known for his roles in Withnail & I and the Harry Potter films. He also played Henry Crabbe, a disillusioned police officer in the crime procedural TV series Pie in the Sky.
     Griffiths received a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for his performance as Hector, the tragic teacher in The History Boys, a role he also played on screen. National Theatre director Sir Nicholas Hytner told Sky News Griffiths' performance in the play was "quite overwhelming: a masterpiece of wit".
     The actor appeared as poet WH Auden in another Alan Bennett's play, The Habit of Art, in 2009.
     The writer reminded us that more recently Griffiths found a new fan base by appearing in the Harry Potter films as Vernon Dursley, Harry's short-tempered and cruel uncle. In 2008 the actor was appointed an OBE in the New Year Honours list. He also appeared opposite Potter star Daniel Radcliffe on stage in Peter Shaffer's Equus.

     I'm very, very upset to get to know about this terrible, grievous event. It's a sorrowful fact that every year, and even every month we lose such talented and indispensable people as Richard Griffiths. May his memory live for ever!