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Lord of the Rings star Bernard Hill dies aged 79: Actor who won 11 Academy Awards passes away
Bernard Hill, who starred in Titanic and Lord of the Rings, has died as the age of 79.
The actor, who played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film, died in the early hours of this morning, his agent has said.
A father-of-one, he became known to a generation for his portrayal of King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The Manchester native first rose to prominence in the early 1980s, when he starred as Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff.
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