'Harry Potter' actor Michael Gambon (82), who played Dumbledore, dies
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Veteran Irish-born British actor Michael Gambon, best known for playing the role of Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, in six Harry Potter movies, has died. According to his family, Gambon succumbed to a bout of pneumonia. He was 82. The actor took over the role of Dumbledore from Richard Harris in 2004, playing the iconic character from the third movie, Prisoner of Azkaban.