《哈利波特》"斯內普教授"患癌離世

Just days after the music world lost icon David Bowie, Hollywood is mourning the loss of another legend. Alan Rickman, best known for his roles as Hans Gruber in Die Hard and Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies, has passed away at the age of 69. The Guardian reports that the actor had been battling cancer, and that he died "surrounded by family and friends."

音樂巨星大衛·鮑威去世沒幾天，好萊塢又痛失另一位傳奇人物。曾在《虎膽龍威》中飾演漢斯·格魯伯、在《哈利波特》系列中出演西弗勒斯·斯內普的阿倫·瑞克曼，在與癌症抗爭的過程中去世，享年69歲。《衛報》稱，瑞克曼“在家人和朋友的陪伴下離世”。

After a number of minor roles in British TV shows, Alan Rickman made his feature film debut in the 1988 action classic Die Hard. He went on to star as Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, along with roles in Bob Roberts, Sense and Sensibility and Dogma before he took on the role in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

瑞克曼起先在英劇中出演過一些小角色，1988年才首次觸電大熒幕，參演經典動作片《虎膽龍威》。後來他又演過《俠盜王子羅賓漢》中諾丁漢郡長一角，並陸續出演了《天生贏家》、《理智與情感》、《天條》和《哈利波特與魔法石》等影片。

After studying graphic design at Graphic Design at Chelsea College of Art, he moved on to graduate studies at the Royal College of Art. Eventually, his love for theater lead him to audition for the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he received a scholarship at the age of 26, which spawned an acting career that lasted more than 40 years, including numerous critically-acclaimed performances on the stage as well as film and TV work.

瑞克曼大學讀的是切爾西藝術學院的平面設計專業，後來又繼續在英國皇家藝術學院讀了研究生。最終，因爲對戲劇的熱愛，他參加了著名的皇家戲劇藝術學院的面試，並在26歲時收穫了獎學金。他40多年的演藝生涯也從此開始：不僅演過頗受好評的舞臺劇，還頻頻出現在電影和電視中。

The actor is survived by his wife, Rima Horton.

瑞克曼的妻子莉瑪·霍頓仍然健在。