Robbie Coltrane died from multiple organ failure after suffering from number of conditions

Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane died from a number of organ failure, the Sunday Mail can reveal.

The much-loved actor handed away 9 days in the past at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, close to Falkirk, after being unwell for a while.

His dying on October 14, which triggered an outpouring of grief all over the world, was registered by ex-wife Rhona Gemmell, a pilates teacher, who had remained near the star.

It reveals Coltrane, 72, was affected by sepsis, decrease respiratory tract an infection, Sort 2 Diabetes, coronary heart block and weight problems.

Pals stated the couple, who had two youngsters, stayed good associates after their break up. Coltrane, who grew up in Rutherglen, had poor mobility for a number of years, was compelled to make use of a wheelchair and was stated to have been in fixed ache.

On Friday, Coltrane’s agent Belinda Wright, who introduced his dying, stated the household didn't need to talk about funeral preparations. She paid tribute to Coltrane, calling him “a singular expertise”.

Robbie Coltrane as Fitz in Cracker.
Robbie Coltrane as Fitz in Cracker.

The larger-than-life actor was a rising star when he met Rhona, then a sculptor, who was 18 years his junior, in a pub in Glasgow on Christmas Eve 1988. They married a 12 months later however separated in 2003.

Coltrane is survived by their two grown-up youngsters Spencer, 30, and Alice, 24.

After his dying, Alice, an actress, posted a poignant image of herself kissing the highest of her father’s head. Harry Potter creator JK Rowling, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Nicola Sturgeon all performed tribute to the star.

He got here to prominence in A Kick Up The Eighties, a BBC TV comedy sequence which additionally starred Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margolyes and Rik Mayall.

Nevertheless it was his position as felony psychologist Dr Eddie “Fitz” Fitzgerald within the ITV sequence Cracker from 1993 to 1995 that catapulted him to stardom.

It secured him the Bafta for greatest actor for 3 consecutive years from 1994 to 1996. He would go on to star in two James Bond movies – Goldeneye and The World Is Not Sufficient – alongside Pierce Brosnan.

However even he knew he can be remembered for taking part in Hagrid within the Harry Potter movies. He starred in all eight films as Rubeus Hagrid alongside Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.

He was made an OBE within the 2006 New 12 months’s honours record for his companies to drama and he was awarded the Bafta Scotland Award for excellent contribution to movie in 2011.

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