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Dead Helen McCrory, face of “Peaky Blinders” and “Harry Potter”

First, Paul Ritter. Then, Helen McCrory. Ten days, and British cinema has seen itself stripped of two of its most shining talents. The actress, just 52, passed away on Friday after a long battle with a tumor. The news of her death was her husband, Damian Lewis. “I am heartbroken to announce that Helen McCrory, after a heroic battle with cancer, died peacefully at home, surrounded by the love of friends and family. She died as she had lived, without fear.

God, if we loved her and how lucky we were to have her in our lives, ”Lewis wrote on his Twitter profile, without giving any details on the rapid course of the disease.

Helen McCrory, mother of two, Manon, born in 2006, and Gulliver, born the following year, appeared on television one last time last month to discuss their charity projects with her husband. Over the years, the actress has become an ambassador for the Prince’s Fund, fighting for the causes she cares most. Professionally, she has established herself as the Narcissa Malfoy of Harry Potter and Polly Gray’s Peaky Blinders, TV series in which he should return for the sixth season.

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