Horror film star Christopher Lee dies

Robert LeCompte Jul 6, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Horror film star Christopher Lee dies</h1>
                <h2><p>Actor Christopher Lee, the last connection to a bygone era of horror films and one of the few remaining actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died at the age of 93, reports The Guardian. Lee first found stardom in the 1950s for his roles in British-based Hammer Films</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/robert-lecompte-crosscut-com/">Robert LeCompte</a></p> 
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            <p>Actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Christopher Lee</a>, the last connection to a bygone era of horror films and one of the few remaining actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died at the age of 93, reports <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/11/christopher-lee-dies-at-the-age-of-93-dracula?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The Guardian</a>. Lee first found stardom in the 1950s for his roles in British-based <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Film_Productions?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Hammer Films </a>productions, his most famous of which was his turn as Dracula. Lee went on to play such iconic characters as Bond villain Scaramanga in the <em>The Man With The Golden Gun</em>, Saruman in <em>The Lord of The Rings</em> trilogy, and Count Dooku in <em>Star Wars</em>. More than just an actor, Lee was also a member of the British special forces in World War II, an author, and even released two heavy metal albums in 2010 and 2013.</p>
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Actor Christopher Lee, the last connection to a bygone era of horror films and one of the few remaining actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died at the age of 93, reports The Guardian. Lee first found stardom in the 1950s for his roles in British-based Hammer Films productions, his most famous of which was his turn as Dracula. Lee went on to play such iconic characters as Bond villain Scaramanga in the The Man With The Golden Gun, Saruman in The Lord of The Rings trilogy, and Count Dooku in Star Wars. More than just an actor, Lee was also a member of the British special forces in World War II, an author, and even released two heavy metal albums in 2010 and 2013.

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By Robert LeCompte

Robert LeCompte is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He studies communications and film at The Evergreen State College where he recently transferred from Maryland. When not working, he can usually be f