SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE PASSES INTO LEGEND

On Sunday June 7th, SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE left this mortal world, passing into Legend. He was 93.

Long before his passing, fans were already praising his life with:

He was DRACULA

He was BOND VILLAIN FRANCISCO SCARAMANGA

He was THE MUMMY

He was LUCIFER

He was SHERLOCK and MYCROFT HOLMES

He was LORD SUMMMERISLE

He was FU MANCHU
(oh boy...)

He was a GREMLINS MAD SCIENTIST

He was SARUMAN

He was COUNT DOOKU

He was a HEAVY METAL LEAD SINGER

He was also a direct descendant of Charlemagne,
the first Roman Emperor.

and via TheWeek:

Christopher Lee was a member of the British Special Forces in World War II, a unit that engaged in acts of espionage and subterfuge against the Third Reich, including blowing up bridges, disrupting supply lines, and, yes, killing Nazis.
It turns out his experiences in warfare came in handy in the filming of The Lord of the Rings, when his character Saruman was stabbed in the back by Grima Wormtongue in a scene that was not included in the theatrical release. As director Peter Jackson explained in the movie's DVD commentary, he tried to get Lee to scream as he was stabbed, only to be corrected. "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody's stabbed in the back?" Lee said he asked Jackson. "Because I do." (For the record, it's more of a gasp because "the breath is driven out of your body," according to Lee.)

And he was fluent in English, Italian, French, German and Spanish; "moderately proficient" in Swedish, Russian and Greek; and "conversational" in Mandarin Chinese.

The dude was amazing!
Rest well in Valhalla, Sir!