Alan Rickman, the beloved British actor whose influence has spanned generations, passed away today after a battle with cancer. The 69-year-old actor was best known to recent generations as Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series, but also had notable roles in Die Hard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and in the cult favorite Galaxy Quest.

Fans of the Harry Potter series take the news of Rickman’s passing as a particular blow considering Snape’s tragic story of lost love and his heroic death. As the news spreads, photos and memories of the actor are making their rounds on the internet. See below for some of what is being said about the extraordinary actor.

It’s being reported that Alan Rickman, star of movies like Die Hard, the Harry Potter franchise, and so much more, has passed away at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer. The actor’s passing was confirmed by his family, who said Rickman died in London while surrounded by his loved ones.

Rickman was best known for his film roles, including the villainous Hans Gruber in the original Die Hard and Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movie franchise. He also starred in Truly Madly Deeply, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Sense and Sensibility, Michael Collins, Dogma, Galaxy Quest, Love Actually, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Perfume: The Story of a Murder, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Bottle Shock, Alice in Wonderland, Lee Daniel’s The Butler, and most recently A Little Chaos, which he also directed (his second directorial effort after 1997’s The Winter Guest), and Eye in the Sky. He also completed work voicing the Blue Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass.

David Bowie, rocker, chameleon, progenitor of glam and punk in many ways, and all around creative renaissance man, has died at the age of 69.

There are many generations and legions of fans, some of whom have followed the man since his debut as (using his real name) David Jones and the Lower Third in the mid 1960s, when he employed a sort of Syd Barrett/Donovan pagan style in his music, using the vogue of the British psychedelic folk sounds of the time. Once he hooked up with people like the late legendary guitarist Mick Ronson and the producer Tony Visconti and started doing the kind of sounds fellow sonic countrymen T-Rex were doing, biting guitars out of the Stooges playbook with a kind of androgyny outer shell to them, did the legend of David Bowie start to spout.

Legendary rock icon and actor David Bowie died at his home surrounded by his family on Sunday night after an 18-month battle with cancer.

The news broke through Bowie’s official Facebook page just after 2AM EST on Monday.

Angus Scrimm, best known for his role as the “Tall Man” in the Phantasm horror films, died on Saturday, according to EW. He was 89.

The news of the veteran actor’s death was confirmed to EW by Don Coscarelli, who directed Scrimm in the Phantasm movies, beginning with the first film released in 1979.