Screen legend Sir Christopher Lee has died aged 93.
The actor died on Sunday at a London hospital after being treated for respiratory problems and heart failure, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Lee made his name with 1950s Hammer horror films, but he also famously played Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973) and Scaramanga in James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). More recently, Lee found a new audience after playing Saruman in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films, and Count Dooku in the last two Star Wars films.
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The actor died on Sunday at a London hospital after being treated for respiratory problems and heart failure, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Lee made his name with 1950s Hammer horror films, but he also famously played Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973) and Scaramanga in James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). More recently, Lee found a new audience after playing Saruman in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films, and Count Dooku in the last two Star Wars films.
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