‘Peaky Blinders’ actress Helen McCrory dies of cancer at 52
LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 12: Helen McCrory poses in the Press Room at the Virgin TV BAFTA Television Award at The Royal Festival Hall on May 12, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
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(AP) — British actress Helen McCrory, who starred in the television show “Peaky Blinders” and the “Harry Potter” movies, has died, her husband said Friday. She was 52 and had been suffering from cancer.
Her husband, actor Damian Lewis, said McCrory died “peacefully at home” after a “heroic battle with cancer.”
“She died as she lived. Fearlessly,” Lewis wrote on Twitter. “God we love her and know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives. She blazed so brightly. Go now, Little One, into the air, and thank you.”
McCrory played the matriarch of a crime family on ”Peaky Blinders” and the scheming Narcissa Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” movies.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 23: Helen McCrory attends the “Peaky Blinders” BFI TV Preview at BFI Southbank on July 23, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) 
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 30: Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis attend the UK Premiere of Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 30, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Sony) 
LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 12: Helen McCrory poses in the Press Room at the Virgin TV BAFTA Television Award at The Royal Festival Hall on May 12, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images) 
British actor Damian Lewis (R) and wife British actress Helen McCrory (L) are seen in the Royal Box above Centre Court before the start of the men’s singles semi-final match between Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut on day 11 of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 12, 2019. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo credit should read DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images) 
WINDSOR, ENGLAND – JUNE 14: Helen McCrory reads one of the stories during the live broadcast of the final of BBC Radio 2’s 500 Words creative writing competition at Windsor Castle on June 14, 2019 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Steve Parsons – WPA Pool/Getty Images) 
LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 12: Damian Lewis (L) and Helen McCrory attend the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 2019 at The Royal Festival Hall on May 12, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
