Christopher Lee passed awayat 93 on Sunday after being treated for respitory problem at Westminster Hospital. Celebrities poured out their tribute in social media.
From the report of Channel24, Roger Moore was said to be among the first who paid tribute to Lee shortly after learning his demise. Moore recalled his friendship with Christopher Lee. He met Lee in 1948, and he felt terrible losing an old friend.
Eljah Wood who worked with Lee for quite sometime when they did "Lord Of The Rings" films has expressed his profound thought of the late Lee, and he tweeted "An extraordinary man and life lead, Sir Christopher Lee. You were an icon, and a towering human being with stories for days. We'll miss you."
Director Tim Burton directed Christopher Lee with 5 movies , which includes "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory" said that Lee has been an enormous inspiration for him, and that Lee was "the last of his kind- a true legend."
From Telegraph Uk, it collated not just tweets but also montages of the Late Christopher Lee. One of the Holloywood actors who posted a montage is James Franco. He posted it in his Instagram as a way of tribute.
Omid Djalili also poured out his grief by posting a picture in his twitter account. Bafta chief executive Amanda Barry's heartfelt post which described Lee was also noteworthy. She mentioned the projects Lee had with them, which totalled over 200 movies. Another tweet that was recorded by Telegraph UK was from Mark Gratiss who describe Lee as "Titan of Cinema".
Mark Sparrow shared the secret of Christopher Lee's long-lived marriage, Lee said " marry someone wonderful." That's his description to his widow, "Gitte Lee, a Danish model, for 53 years".
Actors like Scott Weinberg , Bryan Adams, UK Prime Minister, Ziggy, Reece Sheersmith, AKA, Boris Johnson (the Mayor of London), and other personalities have flooded their homage to the late Christopher Lee in their twitter, instagram, and other social networking sites.
Another touching report is published by RadioTimes. It recorded the tribute made by Director Peter Jackson. He described Lee as "An icon of cinema has passed into legend," in his facebook account. Jackson had worked with Lee when they were filming the "Lord of The Rings" and "The Hobbits" movies.
Jackson said he grew up loving the movies of Christopher Lee. He added that all of his life he was always enthralled by the movies that Lee made. In one of his statements in his article, Jackson said, "It is with tremendous sadness that I learnt of the passing of Sir Christopher Lee."
Indeed, the world would never be the same without Christopher Lee. He is survived by his wife Gitte and only Christina Erika Carandini.
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