Lenny Kravitz’s mom embraced his unique style, never passed judgment and loved him unconditionally.
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This Sporting Life” (1963) and “The Field” (1991) — and famously crooned Jimmy Webb’s “MacArthur Park,” for which he garnered a 1969 Grammy nomination. He originated the role of Dumbledore in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”Harris died in 2002 at the age of 72 from Hodgkin’s disease.“The Ghost of Richard Harris,” premiering May 9 on BritBox, features interviews with Jared Harris, 61 (“Mad Men,” “Chernobyl”), his brothers Damian, 64 and Jamie, 59, and Russell Crowe, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Rea, Malachy McCourt, Dick Cavett and acclaimed songwriter Phil Coulter, among others.The documentary, replete with archival footage and photographs of Harris dating back to his childhood in Ireland, uses his unapologetic approach to life — “I drank because I loved it,” “I’m a jockey on this wild horse,” “I’m not running away from anything” — as a jumping-off point to delve into what drove him to excess.“I do think it’s true that he was running away from everything,” Jared said.
“If you read my mother’s [Elizabeth Rees-Williams] autobiography … Dad was weirdly obsessed with death. First of all, his two elder sisters both died young, then there was a war on and people were dying.“Her opinion was that, in some way, it made him feel he had to live every moment in life — that nothing is guaranteed for anybody.”“Ghost” also takes an unflinching look at the actor’s very public indulgences that kept him in the headlines for all the wrong reasons throughout his life.“Whatever he was into he was into without reservation or hesitation,” Jared said.
“He would describe it as being ‘obsessive’ about it. When we were on holidays, after four days with everyone he’d get a little bit fed up with
.Lenny Kravitz’s mom embraced his unique style, never passed judgment and loved him unconditionally.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding at the coronation of King Charles III. During the historic ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, The Ascension Choir — comprised of eight singers from the Kingdom Choir, hand selected for the occasion — was led by Abimbola Amoako-Gyampah in performing «Alleluia (O Sing Praises)» by composer Debbie Wiseman. The Kingdom Choir previously sang during Harry and Meghan's 2018 nuptials at St George's Chapel.The Kingdom Choir, a gospel group based in southeast England, was said to have been personally invited by King Charles to perform at his son and daughter-in-law's wedding.
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