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Dame Maggie Smith's last picture: Beloved star posed for Loewe fashion campaign before her death aged 89
The beloved actress died aged 89 on Friday with her children Chris Larkin, and Die Another Day star Toby Stephens, announcing her passing in a statement.
The British star was known for prominent roles in Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, and her Academy Award-winning performance in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie. And in 2010 she was central to the success of ITV series Downton Abbey, in her Emmy-award winning role as the acerbic Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, which she continued to play in the films. Among the first to pay tribute was her friend Gyles Brandreth , who said: 'The saddest news: the death of Dame Maggie Smith marks the end of a golden era and a quite extraordinary life.
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