Coltrane has already passed away. JKRowling calls him “an incredible talent”. “There was only one like that. I was extremely lucky to get to know him, work with him and laugh until I couldn’t take it anymore,” she tweeted. “I want to express my deepest condolences to his family and especially to his children”.
“What a brilliant man he was. A consummate actor and an extremely funny comedian,” writes actor Eric Idle, who starred alongside him in “Runaway Nuns.” “He was a good friend. I will miss him terribly.”
Writer and actor Stephen Fry will also miss him very much. “When I first met him I felt amazement, shock and love at the same time. What depth, energy and talent.”