Christopher Lee, the famous British actor who is known for film roles as Saruman the White in Lord of the Rings died on Sunday at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital due to respiratory and heart problems.
Social media users in Twitter, Reddit have reacted to the news. On Reddit, there are several threads like this one where people are commenting about his previous accolades and movies.
On Twitter, various famous people have tweeted about his death:
Every time you feel sad about Christopher Lee, look at this picture and it’ll make you smile. pic.twitter.com/QU9sI2Igvt
— AKA (@_AKA_) June 11, 2015
Really sad to hear about the death of Christopher Lee, one of the greatest British actors and a master of the macabre pic.twitter.com/q5UUhc7xId — Boris Johnson (@MayorofLondon) June 11, 2015
RIP Christopher Lee, you lived an incredible life. Excuse me while I leave this here, from December last year: http://t.co/mPbb6VqZgj — Samuel Koisser (@SamuelKoisser) June 11, 2015
So so sorry to hear that #christopherlee has passed away. He was a fascinating person. Threw a bic pen into a tree in front of me. #legend
— Dominic Monaghan (@DomsWildThings) June 11, 2015
A true legend has passed. Sir Christopher Lee. pic.twitter.com/MqVqxXtqda
— Paddy Considine (@PaddyConsidine) June 11, 2015
This tweet sums up the various roles Christopher Lee had a role in:
RIP to one of the Greatest character actors Ever… #christopherleepic.twitter.com/pk8hSrDs2K
— Ziggy (@mrjafri) June 11, 2015
On Instagram, celebrities have honoured the late actor:
What a sad day for the world to lose this incredible actor and human being. Christopher Lee, photo by me in 2010 #christopherlee A photo posted by @bryanadams on
This list is not definitive since more and more celebrities and associated acts will posts updates about the late actor across the social networks later in the day.
