Sir John Mills has passed at age 97

[theHandpuppet]

Last Updated: Sunday, 24 April, 2005, 15:03 GMT 16:03 UK

Acting legend Sir John Mills dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4476875.stm

Sir John Mills, one of Britain's best-loved actors and the star of over 100 films, has died at the age of 97.

His films included Great Expectations in 1946 and War and Peace in 1956 and he won an Oscar in 1971 for playing a village idiot in Ryan's Daughter.

He died at home in Buckinghamshire on Saturday morning after a chest infection that lasted several weeks.

"He was unequalled as a world British movie star," his close friend Lord Richard Attenborough said.

(More at the above link)

One of my favorite actors. RIP, Sir John. :(

[theHandpuppet]

1. Some tributes and retrospectives just coming out...

... in the British press.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4477555.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4477395.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4476857.stm

[smirkymonkey]

2. What a touching tribute - he sounded like a wonderful human being.

"Sir John is survived by his wife Mary Hayley Bell - now Lady Mills -his son Jonathan and daughters Juliet and Hayley, both actresses. Sir John married Mary Bell at a registry office in 1941

The couple were married at Marylebone Register Office in 1941 while Sir John was on leave from the Army but Sir John always regretted not being able to give Lady Mills a church wedding.

But after 60 years, their marriage was finally blessed at the church next door to their home in 2001.

By this time Lady Mills was wheelchair-bound and suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and Sir John had gone almost blind after retinas in both eyes failed.

"I was so proud of Mary. It was the happiest day of my life and my life has been full of happy moments," Sir John said afterwards.

"The body dies but the spirit goes on. Of that I'm certain. One day Mary and I will leave this world, but we'll be reunited in the next."

[Binka]

4. Crying Here. What A Beautiful Man.

;(

[theHandpuppet]

3. A very nice tribute in today's New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/25/nyregion/25mills.html?pagewanted=1

[newyawker99]

5. Rest in Peace Sir John.

[EFerrari]

6. "There's a great spirit gone" - Antony & Cleopatra. n/t