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 |
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Certainly we wanted news from HBP, but this is shocking... God bless him...
This is so unfortunate. :[ RIP Robert Knox.
That's Really Sad.
shocking and awful... may he rest in peace... oh god... this is truly saad....
That is so sad....almost made me cry
oh, God, this is so sad...I'm shocked, really. poor guy. stabbed to death? that's horrible! what a tragedy.
that is so sad and shocking!! You're right, that's a major tragedy... God bless him and be with his family...
Oh my god, I just can't believe this. It's so horrible. RIP
How very sad :( It's such a shame. It must paint an awful picture of the UK. Thoughts are with his family indeed. xx
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!
wow. thats horrible.
OMG
o dear... that is so sad and horriable my prayers go out to the family.
that's horrible...his poor family
oh my goodness!!!! RIP- our wishes are with your family.
Oh, that is so very sad. I pray for comfort to his family.
That's so awful. I hope his family knows our prayers are with them. RIP
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.
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 :(
my prayers are with his family may he rest in peace its so shocking god bless him.
That's so shocking! God bless him and his family.
RIP Robert Knox
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.
that is so sad... && he was only frickn 18yrs old. RIP Rob Knox.
oh no!!! thats so sad!!!! well mugglenet is mourning for ya, knox! youve got a whole community of mourners!
that's horrible...
Incredible...
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.
hey u idiot azkabanprisoner. how is it incredible that the guy died?????? its sad.....poor knox
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.
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
that's absolutely terrible. my thoughts and prayers are with them. he was so young.. rest in peace Robert.
omg thats awful ...
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.
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
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.
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.
dude thats insane. god bless him, rest in peace
how awful... I'm left wordless
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.
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.
This is so incredibly sad. My thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family.
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! :( :( :(
Moment of silence for Robert...
Moment of silence for Robert...
that is absolutely horrible... rest in peace
RIP Robert, a true Gryffindor.
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.
Wow. That was totally unexpected. My thoughts are with his family. We wanted news, but nothing like this.
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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