spirit, questing and achieving, a super-hero, unassuming but deadly effective." Writer/director Kevin Smith told a tearful 10-minute story about Rickman on his Hollywood Babble On podcast. Rickman's family offered their thanks "for the messages of condolence". An edited collection of Rickman's diaries from 1993 to 2015 was published in 2022 under the title Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries. References External links Rickman at Aveleyman website Rickman news and commentary in The Independent 1946 births 2016 deaths 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Alumni of RADA Alumni of the Royal College of Art Best Miniseries or Television Movie Actor Golden Globe winners Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award winners Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery British male film actors Deaths from cancer in England Deaths from pancreatic cancer English diarists English film directors English-language film directors English male film actors English male Shakespearean actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male video game actors English male voice actors English people of Irish descent English people of Welsh descent English theatre directors Labour Party (UK) people Male actors from London Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Screen Actors Guild Award winners People educated at Latymer Upper School People from Acton, London People from Hammersmith People with speech impediment Royal Shakespeare Company members