This just popped up in my Twitter feed: https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/19/20/lord-of-the-rings-and-alien-star-ian-holm-88-dies Coincidentally we have been watching the first 2 parts of the Hobbit Trilogy. Me and the 7yo. Third part tonight. Sir Ian Holm also features in the Hobbit.
That's sad, he was a great actor, perfect casting for Lord of the Rings but I also thought he was great in the Fifth Element with Bruce Willis in 1997. One thing I definitely decided while I was in hospital is that I don't want to die in one, I would far rather die at home. The chap in the bed next to me 'Keith' was about the same age as me and passed away about 8am one morning last week, he had cancer but it was clear that no one on the medical team was expecting a sudden problem the chap was on the phone to family and 15 minutes later he was dead, one doctor said he had never experienced an emergency like that.