'One of the greats' Albert Finney battled disease that causes blood in pee - explainer
BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy as well as being nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Murder on the Orient Express back in 1974 and Erin Brockovich in 2000. Described by film director Sam Mendes as "one of the greats - a brilliant, beautiful, big-hearted, life loving delight of a man", Finney spent the last month of his life in London's Royal Marsden hospital, which specialises in cancer treatment. "Albert Finney, aged 82, passed away peacefully after a short illness with those closest to him by his side.