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Bernard Hill's final TV appearance in BBC's The Responder leaves viewers in 'tears' hours after the iconic actor's death was announced aged 79: 'He was one of the best!'


The Lord Of The Rings star passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to his agent.

Bernard Hill's final TV performance in BBC 's The Responder (pictured) left viewers in tears on Sunday, just hours after the actor's death was confirmed aged 79 Hollywood kept calling, with Hill making appearances in Dwayne Johnson vehicle The Scorpion King, Halle Berry horror film Gothika and the tennis-themed romantic comedy Wimbledon. An adaptation of Hilary Mantel's historical fiction about the rise of Thomas Cromwell, Hill portrayed the Duke of Norfolk in the first series of the show, before being replaced by Timothy Spall in the second.

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