Dame Maggie Smith, the double Academy Award-winning actress, has died at the age of 89.
The Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star passed away in hospital on Friday morning surrounded by her family who described her as an ‘extraordinary mother and grandmother’.
Her death has prompted a wave of tributes from friends and former co-stars with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hailing her a ‘true national treasure’.
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