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Richard Griffiths, the versatile British actor who played the boy wizard's unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the 'Harry Potter' movies, has died. He was 65.(Getty Images)
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Agent Simon Beresford announced Friday that Griffiths died a day earlier of complications following heart surgery at University Hospital in Coventry, central England.In this pic; Richard Griffiths and guest arrive at the Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) at the Royal Opera House on February 11, 2007.(Getty Images)
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He paid tribute to Griffiths as "a remarkable man and one of our greatest and best-loved actors."(Getty Images)
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Griffiths appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows, but will be most widely remembered as a pair of contrasting uncles - the hero's grudging Muggle guardian in the "Harry Potter" series, and flamboyant Uncle Monty in 1980s cult classic 'Withnail and I.'(Getty Images)
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"I was proud to say I knew him," said "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe.(Getty Images)
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