mr. potter. >> reporter: -- he could kill with a glance. >> clearly, fame isn't everything, is it, mr. potter? >> reporter: it was the acting challenge of a lifetime, he told "the new york times." >> holding a wand is not the most threatening thing you can do. and pointing it at dame maggie smith. >> reporter: today, j.k. rowling called him, "a magnificent actor and a wonderful man." dark arts, second to none. david wright, abc news, new york. >> david, thank you. >>> and there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. a major development involving the american woman killed in florence, italy. we have new reporting tonight. >>> there is also sad news coming in from a megastar this evening. word from celine dion about her family. >>> with the bitter cold outside, the real money team is here tonight with three easy ways to cut down your heating bill right now. >>> and nearly 40 years after rocky balboa was in the ring, he's back tonight, in a big way. the oscar nominations are out. will he have another knockout? come on back. whoa. what's going on here? oh hey alliso

mr. potter. >> reporter: -- he could kill with a glance. >> clearly, fame isn't everything, is it, mr. >> reporter: it was the acting challenge of a lifetime, he told "the new york times." >> holding a wand is not the most threatening thing you can do. and pointing it at dame maggie smith. >> reporter: j.k. rowling called him a magnificent actor and a wonderful man." alan rickman, a master of the dark arts, second to none. david wright, abc news, new york. >>> excellent actor indeed. >>> coming up the service dog in a tutu. >> and a follow up to that vikings visit to an elementary school. the mix up next. do you think you're going? to work, with you. it's taco tuesday. you're not coming. i took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. oh, right then i'll swing by in like 4 hours. forget the tacos! one pill lasts 12 hours. i'm good all day. wait! your loss. i was going to wear a sombrero. only mucinex has a bi-layer tablet that starts fast, and keeps working. not 4, not 6, but 12 full hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. olay total effects a skin transformat

mr. potter? >> just days after david bowie's death another british performer gone. >>> now it's time for "the buzz" sponsored by national carpet mill outlet. >>> more sad news tonight celine dion's husband died at the age of 73. he passed away this morning at home in las vegas after a long battle with throat cancer. he served as deion's manager. they married in 1994. they have three children together. >> you were seen by no less than 7 muggles. do you have any idea how serious this is. >> he is best known to modern audiences as professor nape in the harry potter films. alan rickman had a tremendous body of work. >> denise: rickman died in london after a battle with cancer. correspondent tina courthouse looked back on his esteemed >> alan rickman made a big first impression on american movie goers in the original diehard movie in 1988. >> do you really think you have a chance against us mr. cowboy. >> rickman made a name for himself on the british stage with the royal shakespeare company. in 1991

mr. potter? >> i enjoyed telling great stories. >> one of the last public appearanceses appearances was in november backstage of "hamilton." his gift was his ability to make us hate him and love him. from the snobby sci-fi star in "galaxy quest" to "the sheriff of nottingham," he was a actor. he proved he can do romance and break our hearts. >> you tried to resist it. you won't be able to. >> as an actor and director of "a littlchaos," he cast kate winslet as his leading lady and raved about her. >> she's an actor's dream. i feel she can run a >> a great talent. >> he will be last night in l.a., a another star we lost to cancer, david bowie was elton john and sean me joined him on stage, elton playe an instrumental classic and then launched into a stirring rendition of his hit "rocket man." >> and william shatner once famously covered "rocket man" in the '70s. coming up, only we're with ' pear he appear in the new trek" movie? that is ahead. >>> tomorrow, our private tour of heff's play boy mansi

mr. potter? >> j.k. rowling, the author of harry potter, led tributes on social media tweeting there are no words to express how shocked i am to hear about his death. he was a magnificent actor and man. alan rickman is dead he was near hero. thank you for being with us. we're sorry you had to go. rickman's fellow actor steven frye what desperately sad news about alan rick marn, a man of talent and wicked charm and stunning screen and stage presence. he'll be sorely missed. he first achieved global acclaim in "die hard" opposite bruce willis. the story goes he was offered the role two days after arriving in los angeles. it was the start of a long hollywood career. rickman won a golden globe award and emmy for his lead role in the 1995 film rasputin echlts the sheriff of nottingham in robin hood: prince of thieves earned him a bafta award. he was a cellist in the supernatural romance truly madly deeply. [ singing ] >> in the 2003 film "love actually," he played a conflicted husband attracted to his new secr

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