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Feb 8, 2019 · The star, who died aged 82 at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London on Thursday after a short illness caused by a chest infection, was serious about his craft but seldom about himself – and always...
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Feb 8, 2019 · He largely ignored the celebrity lifestyle and refused becoming CBE in 1980 and a knight in 2000. "I think the Sir thing slightly perpetuates one of our diseases in England, which is snobbery,"...
Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining fame for movie acting during the early 1960s, debuting with The Entertainer (1960), directed by Tony Richardson , who had previously directed him in theatre.
Feb 8, 2019 · It seemed typical of the Lancastrian who refused to do the bidding of either the old-school British theatrical establishment or the Hollywood star system that he should turn down a CBE and, in...
Feb 8, 2019 · A life-long fan of Manchester United, he declined a CBE in 1980 and a knighthood in 2000. "I think the Sir thing slightly perpetuates one of our diseases in England, which is snobbery," he said...
Feb 11, 2019 · Finney turned down a CBE in 1980 and a knighthood in 2000. ‘The Sir thing’, he said, ‘perpetuates one of our diseases in England, which is snobbery’. ‘I think we should all be Misters ...
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Feb 8, 2019 · He received the Bafta Fellowship in 2001 but reportedly turned turn down a CBE in 1980 and a knighthood in 2000.
