Teen actor in upcoming 'Harry Potter' film killed

WillParkinson

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Sat May-24-08 05:00 PM
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Teen actor in upcoming 'Harry Potter' film killed

LONDON - A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday, police said.

Rob Knox, 18, was stabbed after he got caught up in a fight outside a bar in southwest London early Saturday, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

Knox plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the upcoming film "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," the sixth installment of the popular series set for release in November.

Warner Bros., the studio that is producing the film, said it was shocked by the news.

Knox was one of five young men taken to various hospitals after the brawl, police said. Among them was a 21-year-old who has since been arrested on suspicion of murder.

The fight did not appear to be gang-related, police added, but it puts the number of violent teenage deaths in London at 14 so far this year.

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Deja Q

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Sat May-24-08 05:03 PM
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1. Yipes. Still, given it's a movie about magic,

they can do a "doctor who" on him and have his character change his appearance... the movie is saved!

:sarcasm:

In seriousness, a shame he was murdered. Dunno how or why the brawl started, but then it's a bar and you don't often meet the most honorable people in bars.

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murielm99

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Sat May-24-08 05:09 PM
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2. That is very sad.

It sounds like London is having the same problem as some of our major cities. There are too many violent deaths of young people.

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Deja Q

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Sat May-24-08 05:09 PM
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3. And more often than not, caused by young people too.

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Hippo_Tron

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Sat May-24-08 05:16 PM
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4. Not to minimize this tragic event, but...

The article said there have been 14 violent deaths of young people this year. That doesn't even come close to what we have in the United States even per capita.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Sat May-24-08 05:24 PM
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5. That's only in London, though. Not all of England.

Still, their murder rate is considerably lower than here, but it's going up quickly.

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JI7

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Sat May-24-08 05:34 PM
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6. i thought the same thing, it stands out because they do have a low

murder rate. but it seems mostly young people and usually the result of some argument they got into.

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undeterred

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Sat May-24-08 05:41 PM
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7. I was devastated when River Phoenix died.

A young actor with sooooo much talent. Life in the fast lane is rough.

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KamaAina

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Sat May-24-08 05:49 PM
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8. Jeez! Ravenclaw finally gets a shoutout,

and then this happens. :(

(I've always felt that Gryffindor was just a tad bit overrated...)

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BlueIris

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Sat May-24-08 06:36 PM
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9. I noticed that, too.

And I haven't even thought about reading any Potter since 2003.

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