Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Harry Potter's Hagrid, dies at age 72

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Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Harry Potter's Hagrid, dies at age 72

The Scottish actor played gentle half-giant Hagrid, a mentor to the boy wizard, in all eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011. Coltrane died Friday at a hospital in Scotland.
     

The Scottish actor played gentle half-giant Hagrid, a mentor to the boy wizard, in all eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011. Coltrane died Friday at a hospital in Scotland.

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