Dame Maggie Smith honoured in heart-wrenching tributes from Emma Watson and Rupert Grint

Dame Maggie Smith passed distant astatine the property of 89 successful hospital, it was announced connected Friday by her 2 sons

Dame Maggie Smith has been honoured successful heart-wrenching tributes from Harry Potter co-stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

It was announced connected Friday that Dame Maggie passed distant successful infirmary astatine the property of 89. Tributes from friends and fans person been flooding successful since.

Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger successful the Harry Potter Franchise shared her ain saccharine connection aft Maggie died. Sharing a behind-the-scenes photograph of herself and Smith arsenic they filmed a country from Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2.

The histrion wrote: "When I was younger I had nary thought of Maggie's fable - the pistillate I was fortunate capable to stock abstraction with. It is lone arsenic I've go an big that I've travel to admit that I shared the surface with a existent explanation of greatness."

She went connected to add: "She was real, honest, comic and self-honouring. Maggie, determination were a batch of antheral professors and by God you held your own. Thank you for each of your kindness. I'll miss you."

Meanwhile, Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley successful the franchise, besides shared his ain message. Also posting a photograph connected acceptable with Dame Maggie, helium wrote: "Heartbroken to perceive astir Maggie. She was truthful special, ever hilarious and ever kind. I consciousness incredibly fortunate to person shared a acceptable with her and peculiarly fortunate to person shared a dance. I’ll miss you Maggie. Sending each my emotion to her family. Rupert x"

Dame Maggie passed distant connected Friday morning. The Oscar-winning histrion and Harry Potter fable passed distant peacefully successful infirmary with her household by her side. Her household said that they are "devastated" by her nonaccomplishment arsenic they went connected to convey NHS unit astatine Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

In a connection issued via their publicist, they said: "It is with large sadness we person to denote the decease of Dame Maggie Smith. She passed distant peacefully successful infirmary aboriginal this morning, Friday 27th September.

"An intensely backstage person, she was with friends and household astatine the end. She leaves 2 sons and 5 loving grandchildren who are devastated by the nonaccomplishment of their bonzer parent and grandmother. We would similar to instrumentality this accidental to convey the fantastic unit astatine the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their attraction and unstinting kindness during her last days. We convey you for each your benignant messages and enactment and inquire that you respect our privateness astatine this time."

Dame Maggie won Academy Awards for her roles successful 1969's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and 1978's California Suite. She was besides Oscar nominated for 1965's Othello, 1972's Travels with My Aunt, 1985's Room With A View and 2001's Gosford Park.

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