Helen McCrory has died

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Following a battle with cancer. Very sad.

I first saw her in North Square, I think - she was great. This is very sad news.

She's an extraordinary talent and she is such a loss.

The first time I saw her was as the fabulous Rose in North Square

I'm really sad to hear this. I thought she was wonderful and remember seeking out interviews about her. She was just so accomplished. I felt a real sense of shock when I heard.

Goodness. What a shock. They were both on breakfast tv not that long ago.

Her Desert Island Discs episode was fab - such an interesting, intelligent and joyful woman.

Amazing actress, so very sorry to hear this.

Oh no. She has always been a bit of a secret crush for me - right back to North Square days, I think.

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Goodness. What a shock. They were both on breakfast tv not that long ago.

Looking at a picture of that, it seems obvious now that she was wearing a wig.

So sad [safd]

Yes, she was wonderful as Anna Karenina, I think that was the first time I knew of her. So very sad to hear this.

This is so sad. Many celebrity deaths pass me by, but this one has really upset me. She was so amazing in The Queen, Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders.

That’s so sad!

So so sad to read this today.

Aunt Polly is one of my all time favourite characters and she played her so brilliantly.

So sad. Such an inspirational woman.

RIP and thoughts for her husband and her family. Far too young.

So sad. She was an amazing actor.

My heart goes out to her family.

This is such sad news, I absolutely loved her work and admired her very much. she has a magnificent talent. I shed a tear reading what her husband wrote, his pride in her and love for her leapt off the page.

Genuinely sad to hear this.
What incredible talent, intelligent, beautiful, feisty, nuanced.
I always thought she and Damien Lewis seemed so very much in love.
Such a loss to him, her children, family and friends and to the world of acting.

Just listening to her, and people talking about her, on the radio. So sad

Oh, gosh. I've just seen this. And cane starught here to see if there was a thread. There is.

What a wonderful actress. And I thought her and Damein Lewis seemed like such a lively couple.

How old are her children I wonder.

Gosh, very sad.

I couldn't believe it when the BBC notification came through on my 'phone.

Helen McCrory was one of those actors who compelled you to watch them in whatever they did, I loved her in Peaky Blinders but she truly was a standout in everything. She also seemed like she'd be immensely fun in real life.

It's a bloody shame, I'm so sorry for her husband and children.

I had no idea she was ill, this is so shocking and so sad. She was far far too young... Heartbreaking. Her poor family .

On no. That's so sad RIP Helen 💐

Very sad, awful news, I had no idea she was ill at all. She'll be sadly missed. Poor family.

I remember reading an interview where she was playing a woman who was bored with her husband and the director had said to her - oh well we all get a bit bored with our partners after a few years, don’t we? - and HM said that she never had with DL. It was really lovely.

This has really got to me. She really shined as a woman and an actor, so much presence. Poor Damian and their children, they looked like they had a great marriage.