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British actor Christopher Lee, who devoted his long acting career to portraying villains including Dracula in horror classics and later appeared in the blockbuster “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings” franchises, has died at the age of 93.
Seen here, Sir Christopher Lee attends the Cinema for Peace gala in Berlin on February 9, 2015. (Source: AP)
On December 5, 1987, the lights were turned down low as British actor Christopher Lee performs as magician in the act "The Floating Virgin" with German actress Marie-Theres Relin, daughter of Maria Schell, during the charity function "Stars in der Manege" (Stars in the Arena) in the tent of Circus Krone in Munich, West Germany. (Source: AP)
On December 17,1968, Christopher Lee, left and American actor Vincent Price, share a joke whilst playing chess during a break in the filming of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Oblong Box", at Shepperton Studios, England. (Source: AP)
On March 5, 2010, Sir Christopher Lee is photographed before his interview with APTN, at the AP office in north London. (Source: AP)
British actor Sir Christopher Lee receives the Festival President's Award for his contribution to the development of film during the closing ceremony of the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the west Czech town of Karlovy Vary in this July 12, 2008 file photograph. (Source: Reuters)
The legendary British actor attends a news conference for the 'Cinema for Peace 2006' charity gala supporting UNICEF in Berlin in this February 12, 2006 file photograph. (Source: Reuters)
He played the part of Bond bad guy Scaramanga in the film "The Man with the Golden Gun". Seen here, he poses for pictures with the original gun from the James Bond film at the Science Museum in London, in this October 15, 2002 file photograph. (Source: Reuters)
British actor Christopher Lee and his wife Birgit pose during the Marrakesh 8th International Film Festival in this file photograph dated November 20, 2008. (Source: Reuters)
