Tragedy befalls young Half-Blood Prince actor
Tragedy befalls young Half-Blood Prince actor We are saddened to report that BBC News announced earlier this morning that the actor who plays the role of Marcus Belby in Half-Blood Prince was tragically killed late last night in London. Robert Knox was stabbed to death while intervening on behalf of his younger brother just outside Metro Bar on Station Road in Sidcup.

Belby is known to Potter fans as the Ravenclaw student who aspires to be a part of the Slug Club. According to The Telegraph, Warner Bros. has released the following statement:

"We are all shocked and saddened by this news and at this time our sympathies are with his family."

Similarly, all of our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Posted by Micah on May 24th | 356 Comments
Visitor Comments
Posted by chidarkcy May 24th 2008

Certainly we wanted news from HBP, but this is shocking... God bless him...


Posted by mandi May 24th 2008

This is so unfortunate. :[ RIP Robert Knox.


Posted by _FredWeasley_ May 24th 2008

That's Really Sad.


Posted by Ginny May 24th 2008

shocking and awful... may he rest in peace... oh god... this is truly saad....


Posted by RazzleDazzle77 May 24th 2008

That is so sad....almost made me cry


Posted by JaySlytherinGirl May 24th 2008

oh, God, this is so sad...I'm shocked, really. poor guy. stabbed to death? that's horrible! what a tragedy.


Posted by Siriusly_Black7 May 24th 2008

that is so sad and shocking!! You're right, that's a major tragedy... God bless him and be with his family...


Posted by MBish024 May 24th 2008

Oh my god, I just can't believe this. It's so horrible. RIP


Posted by Shade May 24th 2008

How very sad :( It's such a shame. It must paint an awful picture of the UK. Thoughts are with his family indeed. xx


Posted by patheticallyobsessed May 24th 2008

That's sad. May Robert Knox rest in peace. The Lumos of his life has been Knoxed. I really shouldn't try and make puns right now ... but it was so obvious. Anyway ... I agree with chidarkcy ... we wanted news. But never anything like this!


Posted by emma_sophia May 24th 2008

wow. thats horrible.


Posted by rooon May 24th 2008

OMG


Posted by Magicalme4706 May 24th 2008

o dear... that is so sad and horriable my prayers go out to the family.


Posted by wonwon123 May 24th 2008

that's horrible...his poor family


Posted by HJaneWeasley May 24th 2008

oh my goodness!!!! RIP- our wishes are with your family.


Posted by the_shrieking_snack May 24th 2008

Oh, that is so very sad. I pray for comfort to his family.


Posted by dachosenone May 24th 2008

That's so awful. I hope his family knows our prayers are with them. RIP


Posted by Funkyk May 24th 2008

I am really shocked of the news. I myself have only just heard this news only 5 minutes ago and i am so shocked by it. I did not know that the young man was Marcu Belby-the Ravenclaw Student of Slughorns Club (The Slug Club) who has been stabbed. It just shows how much stabbing crimes have risen in these British Isles.


Posted by Ellie_Snowmantle May 24th 2008

I just learnt of this from a different news site and I must say, I feel totally saddened for the family for this. This is horrible, the rate that killings are going over here in Britain is terrifying. Our prayers are with his family :(


Posted by hermyweasley105150 May 24th 2008

my prayers are with his family may he rest in peace its so shocking god bless him.


Posted by rooon May 24th 2008

That's so shocking! God bless him and his family.


Posted by matsemann08 May 24th 2008

RIP Robert Knox


Posted by malteselover May 24th 2008

This is so sad...I feel awful. I really hope is family is coping okay. They have the prayers of the entire harry potter fandom with them.


Posted by JeNaN May 24th 2008

that is so sad... && he was only frickn 18yrs old. RIP Rob Knox.


Posted by sillyme May 24th 2008

oh no!!! thats so sad!!!! well mugglenet is mourning for ya, knox! youve got a whole community of mourners!


Posted by PicklePodListener May 24th 2008

that's horrible...


Posted by AzkabanSirius May 24th 2008

Incredible...


Posted by Fia May 24th 2008

Our thoughts and prayers are with your family & friends... That is really terrible! I... I can't believe it. Do we really need to have murder in the world? I mean, the other day, one of my school's teachers died. :( There's too much pain in the world.


Posted by hp_hudz May 24th 2008

hey u idiot azkabanprisoner. how is it incredible that the guy died?????? its sad.....poor knox


Posted by Daisy_Potter May 24th 2008

omg. thats horrible. may he rest in peace and my thoughts n prayers are with his family. i hope they bring justice to whoever did this horrible crime.


Posted by starlette804 May 24th 2008

Rest in Peace, Rob. This is just tragic; so young and so much life ahead of him. I hope they get the bastards who did it. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. RIP


Posted by chaibabachai May 24th 2008

that's absolutely terrible. my thoughts and prayers are with them. he was so young.. rest in peace Robert.


Posted by bubblegumgirl May 24th 2008

omg thats awful ...


Posted by tonks_394 May 24th 2008

Compleatly horrible. I am just so shocked. Atleast we can remember him as a hero, stepping in to protect a younger brother. I hope that the killer is able to realize his wrongs and get his life back on track.


Posted by LilyLupin May 24th 2008

Oh my God! That is such horibble news, and a horrible way for a a young man with so much ahead of him to die. LL


Posted by Nizzy3 May 24th 2008

Such shocking and terrible news... All our prayers are with Robert's family and friends. May he rest in peace. No one knows what to say or how to act in these situations... I hope they get the bastards who did this and make them pay.


Posted by hpintwense06 May 24th 2008

Wow. That is so horrible. I hate hearing news like this, it's so sad. I wish that things like this did not happen. Unfortunately, they do. =[ Very sad.


Posted by alexxx May 24th 2008

dude thats insane. god bless him, rest in peace


Posted by lidietta May 24th 2008

how awful... I'm left wordless


Posted by honeydukes0209 May 24th 2008

Oh my...this is so shocking. I didn't expect any news like this...what a horrific way to die =[...My prayers are with him, may he rest in peace.


Posted by KristiofSlytherin May 24th 2008

Wow...didnt I read somewhere that there was a joke on set that HBP was "cursed"? This is weird and very sad. My heart goes out to his family, there is no excuse for a young life to be taken like that.


Posted by Clean0002 May 24th 2008

This is so incredibly sad. My thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family.


Posted by Fia May 24th 2008

Whatever happens, life and love goes on... May Robert rest in peace. Yeah, I thought I heard that it was cursed, too... There's been too much death this week! :( :( :(


Posted by Fia May 24th 2008

Moment of silence for Robert...


Posted by Fia May 24th 2008

Moment of silence for Robert...


Posted by hpmonkeyaround92 May 24th 2008

that is absolutely horrible... rest in peace


Posted by Mully May 24th 2008

RIP Robert, a true Gryffindor.


Posted by hedkandi1984_21 May 24th 2008

I read about this on msn.co.uk, but they didn't say he was an actor. It's a terrible tragedy. Just like to point out though, that it wasn't London, but Sidcup, which is technically in Kent.


Posted by kpo9876 May 24th 2008

Wow. That was totally unexpected. My thoughts are with his family. We wanted news, but nothing like this.


Posted by Fia May 24th 2008

Can y'all pray for my high school teacher's family, too, please? She died on Friday and she was really young and extremely sweet.






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