Dumbledore, Michael Gambon Meninggal Dunia

Dumbledore, Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) meninggal dunia tanggal 27 September 2023 waktu setempat. R.I.P.

Dunia hiburan dan terutama, seluruh Potterheads ketika tulisan ini dibuat masih dirundung duka dan kesedihan yang amat sangat.

Hal ini dikarenakan pemeran Profesor sekaligus Kepala Sekolah Hogwarts di franchise film adaptasi novel fantasi hit, Harry Potter, Michael Gambon menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya.

Dumbledore Michael Gambon

Seperti yang terlansir dari The Guardian dan beberapa sumber situs lainnya, si Albus Dumbledore, Michael Gambon tutup usia akibat pneumonia yang ia idap dan hadapi dalam beberapa waktu belakangan.

Gambon berusia 82 tahun. Publisis Gambon, Clair Dobbs yang mewakili istri dan ketiga anaknya, Clair Dobbs mengunggah pernyataan (statement) berikut:

“We are devastated to announce the loss of Sir Michael Gambon. Beloved husband and father, Michael died peacefully in hospital with his wife Anne and son Fergus at his bedside, following a bout of pneumonia.

Michael was 82. We ask that you respect our privacy at this painful time and thank you for your messages of support and love.”

Ucapan Duka Cita dari Kolega Harry Potter

Pasca kabar kepergiannya ini tersebar luas, tak ayal jika banyak fans dan tentunya kolega Harry Potter-nya termasuk kreator novel Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, mengunggah ucapan belasungkawa terhadap sosok aktor legendaris ini.

Berikut adalah beberapa unggahan belasungkawanya tersebut:

I've just heard the awful news about Michael Gambon. The first time I ever laid eyes on him was in King Lear, in 1982, and if you'd told me then that brilliant actor would appear in anything I'd written, I'd have thought you were insane. Michael was a wonderful man in additional…

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 28, 2023

Magnificent Michael Gambon has died. I learned what acting could be from Michael in The Singing Detective – complex, vulnerable and utterly human. The greatest thrill of being in the Potter films was that he knew my name and shared his fearless, filthy sense of fun with me.

— Jason Isaacs (@jasonsfolly) September 28, 2023

Sad to report that Michael Gambon, who played Albus Dumbledore in the last six Harry Potter films, has sadly passed away at the age of 82.

Please raise your wands for Michael and all of his family and friends during this difficult time. May he rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/VYgaqaAVEY

— Harry Potter Universe (@HPotterUniverse) September 28, 2023

Very sorry to hear about the passing of Michael Gambon. He was, on and off the camera, a legend. Just a little memory of Michael pic.twitter.com/4M6E6inWMy

— James Phelps (@James_Phelps) September 28, 2023

I was so lucky to work alongside Sir Michael Gambon in Robert Altman’s
Gosford Park.
Though he was in his sixties at the time and I was 25, we got along like schoolmates due to his irrepressibly youthful spirit.
The car rides home from work, in his vintage convertible, at… pic.twitter.com/141XG0Myov

— Ryan Phillippe (@RyanPhillippe) September 28, 2023

This is how cool Sir Michael Gambon was – dancing (aged 76) to Victoria by The Kinks, in a break between shooting Victoria and Abdul pic.twitter.com/wOsuxn2OpV

— Eddie Izzard (@eddieizzard) September 28, 2023

Aktor Dumbledore ke-2 yang Meninggal

Wafatnya Gambon ini menjadikan dirinya sebagai aktor Dumbledore ke-2 yang meninggal dunia. Seperti kita ketahui, sebelum Gambon, adalah aktor asal Irlandia, Richard Harris (The Sporting Life, Unforgiven), yang memerankan si kepala sekolah bijaknya.

Harris memerankan Dumbledore di dua film pertama HP yaitu: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) dan Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).

Setelah Harris meninggal, Gambon lantas menggantikannya di fim ke-3 yaitu, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). Selamat jalan Sir Michael Gambon, dan terima kasih karena telah menjadi salah satu bagian dari masa kecil kami.