First off… nooooooo!

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/obituaries/alan-rickman-dies-at-69.html

A spokesman for the London-based Independent Talent Group confirmed his death. A family statement published by the BBC said that the cause of death was cancer. “He was surrounded by family and friends,” the statement said.

Rickman, you will be missed for your contributions in so many nerdy films, playing Severus Snape, you will always be him. The performances in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Love Actually, as Marvin in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and so many more.