The Latest Breaking News from John Coltrane

The world lost trailblazers, pioneers and giants this year from many walks of life. Take a look back at the international stars who died this year.

The musician salutes the long career of the fellow saxophonist, the master of spiritual, ‘cosmic’ jazz who was ‘like a third grandfather’ to him

The actor’s role as Hagrid, the lovable quidditch gamekeeper, delighted generations of children

Tributes have flooded in for the dad-of-two since he died from colleagues and friends including Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Tony Robinson, and Harry Potter author JK Rowling

Seven years after her debut album, the London based rapper is finally getting the industry recognition she deserves.

“I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be,” the iconic saxophonist John Coltrane once said. Anthony Robert McMillan chose his stage name as a homage to the jazz great and, as the actor Robbie Coltrane, went on to grow into the…

LONDON: Robbie Coltrane, the larger-than-life Scottish actor who played the beloved half-giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 72, his agent said.

Robbie Coltrane, the baby-faced comedian and character actor whose hundreds of roles included a crime-solving psychologist on the TV series “Cracker” and the gentle half-giant Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” movies, has died. He was 72. Coltrane’s agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in his native…

Comedian turned critically acclaimed actor, from Cracker’s sarcastic, cerebral Fitz to the half-giant Hagrid in Harry Potter

Coltrane was made an OBE in the 2006 New Year's honours.

The actor was known for his roles in TV series Cracker and as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.