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Biography
Burial Place
The Bahamas
Occupation(13)
Awards(7)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyBritish Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris AwardCannes Film Festival Award for Best ActorGrammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling RecordingSovereign Military Order of MaltaGolden Globe AwardsEuropean Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
Spouse(2)
Elizabeth Harris AitkenAnn Turkel
Richard Harris (* 1. October 1930 in Limerick; † 25. October 2002 in University College Hospital) was an irish actor, singer, film director and writer. He was 72 years old. He was married to Elizabeth Harris Aitken. His education included London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Crescent College. He received 7 awards, including Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award. His cause of death was Hodgkin lymphoma. He was buried at The Bahamas.
Life Events
9 Events1930
Born in Limerick, County Limerick
1957
Married Elizabeth Harris Aitken
until 1969
1963
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
This Sporting Life
1967
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Camelot
1973
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1974
Married Ann Turkel
until 1982
2000
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
2002
British Independent Film Award – The Richard Harris Award
2002