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[everstuff]

This should have been his 70th birthday and we should have posted silly nonsense about how he only gets better with age. Cancer is horrible. My thoughts are with Rima and his loved ones today and all of you who may not have known him on a personal level but certainly cared for him and feel the void of his absence.

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[snapeescape]

I know. I would give anything to be able to be posting silly things today. Instead just writing about this would have been his 70th made me cry all over again. Little things still make me cry. I was remembering the last time I saw him at the CBGB premier in NYC and thinking I'd have so many more opportunities to see him again. My friend had a script she wanted to get him to read but we weren't able to hand it to him and I thought well next time. She had written a beautiful character for Alan and when I would read it I could see him and hear his voice saying the lines. I really think he would have loved it. Now we will never know and if she ever gets it made into a film I can never accept anyone else playing that character. It just won't be right

[everstuff]

I had two different opportunities to see him, both times in nyc. At the time it would have broken my bank to make the trips and so... I did not, thinking there would have been plenty of opportunities to do so. I always joke that I'd be a trained nurse maid so when he was in his 80s/90s I could take care of him. lol (Obviously, only a joke

[snapeescape]

I think I saw him at least 10 times. Most of those were after plays and getting him to sign playbills but I was fortunate enough to go to a dinner and I got to speak with him for about 10 minutes. I can't really remember what all we talked about because I was so nervous and I think I said the same thing at least three times but he was so kind and patient. I did ask him advice on what to see when we went to the UK and he said museums. I am sure he told me which ones but honestly just standing next to him like that was overwhelming and my brain froze. The man had charisma in bucket loads. He did nothing provocative nor did he seem to try to be sexy but he was. It was his voice, the way he walked and carried himself. He wasn't classically handsome but he was very attractive to me and to countless others. I see them chose the Sexiest Man every year for People Magazine and I always have wondered why Alan was never chosen because Alan had all those other men beat hands down. I was also lucky enough to find out he was shooting CBGB in

[gothrockrulz]

Beautifully said! I was ready to start crying just reading about your friend and her script.

[mywitch]

Oh gods, I miss him so much.

[vesta_aurelia]

I wrote this yesterday:
Letters Unsent: Dear Mr. Rickman
http://vesta-aurelia.livejournal.com/180650.html

[gothrockrulz]

Hugs to everybody out there who is missing him.