"Where is the horse and the rider. Where is the horn that was blowing. They have passed like rain on the mountains. Like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the west. Behind the hills, into shadow."
Incredibly sad that Bernard Hill has died. I know this is a Rings of Power blog but the LOTR films have been part of my life for so long and what got me into the World of Middle Earth. I'm utterly heartbroken.
Years ago at a con I met Sean Astin and had the chance to see the others too and Bernard was right there but I just didn't have more money/time to meet him (even though back then autographs were only £25 asdfghj)
I'm so sad I never got to tell him how wonderful he was, like I've been able to tell the Hobbits Elijah, Billy, Dom and Sean and Galadriel (Morfydd) and others from LOTR/ROP and am so grateful for that.
Bernard Hill was also in one of my other fave things Titanic as Captain Smith and he was extraodinary,
I hope Bernard rests easy in the halls of his fathers in a far green country under a swift sunrise with all the other greats.
Many - especially on this site - will remember Bernard Hill for Lord of the Rings and Titanic, but I will always remember him for his superb acting as the broken Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff.