Helen McCrory, 'Harry Potter' Actress and Wife of Damian Lewis, Dead at 52

Actress Helen McCrory has died after a battle with cancer. Her husband, actor Damian Lewis, announced the sad news on Friday.

Lewis and McCrory had been married since 2007 and shared two children together -- 14-year-old daughter Mannon and 13-year-old son Gulliver. Lewis said she died peacefully at home.

"I'm heartbroken to announce that after a heroic battle with cancer, the beautiful and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory has died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of loss from friends and family," Lewis wrote in a statement he shared on social media. "She died as she lived. Fearlessly. 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 Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films and her other screen credits include Peaky Blinders, Penny Dreadful and Fearless.

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