Alan Rickman is an English actor and theater director. Rickman is known
for his film performances as Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988) and Severus
Snape in the Harry Potter film series and as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the
1991 film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Len Lesser, the veteran character actor best known
for his role as Uncle Leo on "Seinfeld," has died. He was 88. Lesser’s family
said in a statement that the actor died Wednesday in Burbank, California
from cancer-related pneumonia.