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Sir John Hurt dies
Paying tribute to the North Norfolk-based actor, who has died at the age of 77.
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Sat 28 Jan 2017
06:00
±«Óãtv Radio Norfolk
Sir John Hurt on ±«Óãtv Radio Norfolk
Sir John Hurt spent the last few years of his life living in North Norfolk, just outside of East Runton, near Cromer. , on January 25 2017.
While living on the North Norfolk coast, Sir John was kind enough to speak to us here at ±«Óãtv Radio Norfolk, his local radio station, on several occasions.
In May 2012, he bumped into 's Thordis Fridriksson at the Chelsea Flower Show, and stopped for a chat!
A couple of months later, he came into the ±«Óãtv in Norwich and spoke to about his involvement with the charity Project Harar.
In January 2013, John Hurt was . After the ceremony, he spoke to ±«Óãtv Radio Norfolk's Paul Hayes - and good-naturedly took Paul to task over whether or not he always played characters with miserable and unhappy lives!
In February 2014, he spoke to about his involvement with another charity endeavour, the Cinema Plus project. Ìý
Later that year, he took part in a special performance at the Theatre Royal in Norwich to mark the centenary of the beginning of the First World War. He spoke to our presenter Matthew Gudgin about the piece, called "To End All Wars".
He became Sir John Hurt after , and in January that year he spoke to Stephen Bumfrey about how it felt to now be Sir John.
While living on the North Norfolk coast, Sir John was kind enough to speak to us here at ±«Óãtv Radio Norfolk, his local radio station, on several occasions.
In May 2012, he bumped into 's Thordis Fridriksson at the Chelsea Flower Show, and stopped for a chat!
A couple of months later, he came into the ±«Óãtv in Norwich and spoke to about his involvement with the charity Project Harar.
In January 2013, John Hurt was . After the ceremony, he spoke to ±«Óãtv Radio Norfolk's Paul Hayes - and good-naturedly took Paul to task over whether or not he always played characters with miserable and unhappy lives!
In February 2014, he spoke to about his involvement with another charity endeavour, the Cinema Plus project. Ìý
Later that year, he took part in a special performance at the Theatre Royal in Norwich to mark the centenary of the beginning of the First World War. He spoke to our presenter Matthew Gudgin about the piece, called "To End All Wars".
He became Sir John Hurt after , and in January that year he spoke to Stephen Bumfrey about how it felt to now be Sir John.
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- Sat 28 Jan 2017 06:00±«Óãtv Radio Norfolk