Christopher Lee Died at the age of 93

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Sir Christopher Lee, the prolific actor whose work spanned decades and franchises, with roles in the Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, Star Wars and James Bond movies, and whose stately persona was cemented in a string of classic horror films, has died. The actor passed on Sunday at the age of 93 in London, but news of his death was not announced until Thursday.

By his biography’s own estimate, Lee’s film and TV credits numbered more than 250. He played the vampire Dracula in eight movies for the famed Hammer studio. He played the fallen wizard Saruman in four of Peter Jackson’s six Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films. (Five, if you count his appearance in the extended cut of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.) He played the corrupted Jedi Count Dooku in the last two Star Wars prequel movies, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. He was also the voice of Dooku in the 2008 animated movie, Star Wars: The Clone Wars.