I am so, so heartbroken. Alan was my favourite actor, has been since I was 14 years old. I always assumed he would live to an old age and his death would be how I regarded Christopher Lee's: so sad but an amazing age to get to, a life filled to the rim. But no, cancer strikes, robs us from his warmth and his talent. He and Rima met when they were teenagers, I cannot imagine how painful this must be for her. The world has lost a wonderful man.