I saw this on SCQ today:

http://www.sugarcoveredquills.net/is-the-m...thing-t145.html

In all honesty, I don't remember reading about Rob Knox's character, Marcus Belby. But the character is in the HBP film.

May Rob rest in peace! Maybe, they'll dedicate the movie in his memory.

Mod Edit: I have changed the title of the thread and merged it with one that I had opened.

Ohmygoodness, that's so sad. His character, Marcus Belby, wasn't of great importance in the book, maybe that's whay you don't remember him. Poor kid. He was so young. Why do people have to be so stupid. I hope Rob Know rests in peace. And dedicating the movie to him is a great idea. I hope that they end up doing that.

Oh, my! I have to say it seems like a brutal and pointless murder. Who would do that, he seemed like he had so much potentail. I'm going to pray for his family.

Eighteen year old actor, Robert Knox who plays Marcus Belby in the up and coming Harry Potter movie has been stabbed in a fight in which 3 other men were injured.

A 21 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Robert was a popular young man, outgoing and the life and soul of the party according to friends and family.

Warner Brothers have issued a statement expressing their shock and saddness in a statement today.


I am sure that you will all join me in sending you sympathy to his family at this very sad time.

The full story can be read on BBC news.

Even though he only had a small part, no 18-year-old deserves to die. My dad told me "Oh, some Harry Potter character died" and i completely freaked. Poor Rob, i hope he had fun filming HBP. I give all my sympathy to his family and people who knew him.

I have to agree with everyone else. The murder of Robert Knox was indeed a tragedy. Dedicating the movie to him would be the greatest thing think. I can only hope he rests in peace and give the family my wishes

REST IN PEACE ROBERT

completely agree - an absolute tragedy. When i saw it, i looked up his character - he was a young ravenclaw who was pushed into the Slug Club because his dad created wolfsbane potion or something like that - minor character but still such a shame

may he rest in peace.

A further article including an interview with Robs family can be read here.

Knife crime has become a real issue in London. There have been 14 deaths in this year alone of youngster due to knife crime. Something really needs to be done to stop this.

That is terrible! Isnt Belby the one who almost got in the Slug Club? People shouldn't be so dumb and have knife fights. It sounds like it could have been a lot worse so thank God it wasnt but its such a tragedy though.l My sympathies are with the family and friends of Robert Knox.

Rest In Peace Robert

Sorry, but how much worse could it have been? The young man is dead, you don't get any worse.

Anyway, an unemplyed man, Karl Bishop, has been charged with his murder and remanded in custody after appearing in court. He has also been charged with 5 counts of wounding another 5 people on the same night.

Like I said before, there have been 14 deaths in London this year of youngsters, 28 in the whole of the UK. This is unheard of, knives need to be rounded up and the sentence for carrying one increased. There is no deterent in this country, but that's just a personal opinion.

I have already agreed that it is a terrible tragedy as is any death. My previous statement was speaking about the situation as a whole not just the death of Robert Knox which as you said was the worst it could have gotten, but the situaton as a whole could have gotten worse if more people had died im sorry for coming off wrong, and im sorry if even by trying to clarify im still coming off wrong. From the article it sounded as if several people had been seriously injured that is what I was referring to by saying that so im sorry if I offended anyone I shouldnt have made that statement to begin with.

Oh my goodness, it's so sad. I was really upset for him, his family and his friends when I heard of this! I never thought I'd hear anything like it, actually. It just like... came out of the blue, when I logged on here it was the first news I saw... It's horrible. I mean just imagine, getting a role in HP. At least for me, it would be one of the most amazing things ever to happen to me, seeing how obsessed I am. If he was a real big fan of HP, it makes me feel even worst. Just imagine. Out of plenty of people you get that occasion, and then for no reason, maybe even an accident, you lose it like that. Uugh.

I think it'd be nice to dedicate the movie to him, though I think his role might be a little too small. I mean, I didn't even know he was playing in that movie. No offense or anything, it's just... I don't know if his role was big enough for the whole movie. But there should definitely be something in it about him, that's for sure!

Well it could get worse. Not for Robert Knox or his family but in general. When I first saw the news teaser trailers across the TV, I was thinking they were hinting at Dan being dead. Can you imagine the disaster that would be? A half filmed HBP would have to be scrapped and insurance policies would kick in to cover the losses. There would be fights in the courts for years over the monetary losses not to mention when we would ever see HBP & TDH.

Since filming wrapped on HBP last week, I doubt that they would have held off releasing the movie. I mean Dark Knight is still getting released and Heath Ledger died in just as tragic circumstances. Personally, if it had been Dan and they trashed the film, I would have pleased. Hang the box office revenue...life is more important.

I didn't mean to cause a rift here, it's just that what is worse that someone being murdered...I uess you are saying more than one person being murdered. Yes, that is worse but one loss of life at the hands of another is the most awful thing I can imagine.

I'm not all that surprised at this..I mean when I saw the story I was like OMG!!! But it sounds like a drunken bar fight. I'm not sure if anyone was intoxicated....but these things happen all the time. It's very sad that someone this young lost their life. And I agree with etphonehome
I hope Robert Knox rests in peace and I give my condolences to his family and friends. And I hope his killer gets what is coming to him!!
The world of Harry Potter has been sadened at the loss of a good actor, a great person and an innocent life.

Here is some irony I've noticed...Isn't the word "Knox" used to turn on and off the light from a wand?? I could be wrong but I think it is...

Well you're close the actual spell is Nox and it doesn't light the wand it only extinguishes the light, Lumos is the spell that creates the light. But that would have been terribly ironic had his last name been the exact spell that extinguishes light but that was a good spot I didnt notice until you said so.

What irony. About Rob's last name (Knox) and the word, "nox", which when said, distinguishes a lit wand. And, it is so unbelievably tragic. His life was snuffed out in mere seconds while protecting his younger brother. That makes him a true hero!

The following biblical verse keeps playing in my mind, as I think that Rob is an example of this: "Love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Rest in Peace Rob.

I know I read it in the paper. I was so shocked and appaled that people could do this to someone.

I really dissagree with the headlines - Harry Potter Actor Killed Regardless of the fact he was a HP actor he was a human boy and that's enough to make a headline.

I really sympathise for his family, it must be so hard for them. It was in the paper how he protected his brother just so sad to read. May he Reast In Peace.

Marcus Belby was considered for the "Slug Club" because he had some special uncle or something. He choc=ked on a pheasant.

I agree that the title Harry Potter Actor Killed is improper, it should say a boy was killed, and maybe in the article it could say that he was an actor.

I am appaled that anyone has come to this. Why does anyone walk around carrying 2 knives and attempting to kill innocent boys. The person who killed Robert has scarred a family, and many friends for life.

Why can't people find better solutions to their problems, why murder?

It's horrible that things like this happen, and they are becoming far too frequent.

I think that even though the Headlines are probably not "right", and they look like no-one cared about him as a boy, it is probably a good thing that Headlines like that were printed, because it draws more attention to the case.
If people take more notice of it, someone who has the power to change something might actually end up doing something about people carrying knives or any other form of weapon.

I agree with etphonehome.

crazy how things have changed i remember when u went out for a night with friends and if there was an argument the most that happened was someone mite of got punched..now there is so many people carrying weapons and wouldnt think twice about using them its sad how violent people are becoming...i hear now that if a person is found with a knife and is over the age of 16 they can be proscuted this should have been brought in years before as knive crime has been on the increase in the uk..

rest in peace rob you were a true hero!

My condolences to the family of Robert Knox. I was so very sorry to hear that he died.

And I do disagree with him being labeled as a HP actor being killed because he was first a human being.

I didn't realize that Marcus Belby was one of the considered Slug Club members. It's weird why the directors are going to include the Slug Club to such detail when they leave out so many other more important details in the movies.

RIP Rob.

It's so sad that he died at such a young age Why would a person want to go around stabbing innocent boys to death? The idea just horrifies and upsets me.
I also disagree that he was labeled "Harry Potter actor", it should have been "innocent 18 year old boy stabbed to death" or something like that, as he wasn't only a HP actor - he was much more than that.

Rest in peace Rob.

My dad told me about it. He said John and all I could think was John Phelps. When my mom told me Robert Knox I said, "He wasn't important. I mean the character not the person." It came out very wrong. I felt terrible. My condolenses to his family and friends. Rest In Peace Rob!!!!

Leja

Oh my goodness that's horrible! My mom was talking to someone recently and asked me later on if I heard about an actor from Harry Potter being killed and I was like 'WHAT?" That is so horrible. I'll keep him in my prayers. Rest in Peace Rob!

I agree to certain point, however if the proper attention can be brought to the fact that 14 young people have been stabbed in London (as of the time of Rob Knox's death) maybe people who have the power to put an end to this will take notice. I read in another article that the HP actors (Dan, et al) asked to attend Rob's funeral service. Perhaps if the lead HP actors can help raise awareness that more can be done.

Unfortunately, sometimes it takes a well-known person to be brutally murdered for any action to take place in curbing the crime. Where I live the Student Body President of one of the largest universities was murdered in cold-blood, probably a robbery. It turns out the person who committed the murder had warrants for parole violations and should have been in jail at the time. The same person had murdered another university student about 2 weeks prior, but that didn't gain the attention as the murder of the student body president. Now there is a huge investigation into why this person was not in jail, why others who have parole violations are not being rounded up and encouraging better communication with the different police departments (part of the problem is due to it being 2 different counties as well as cities, all having separate law enforcement).

That being said, perhaps Rob Knox will not have died in vain if great strides can be made in decreasing the violent crimes in and around London.

My prayers go out to Rob's friends and family.

I remember that wasn't in UNC or Duke, some big name basketball school I am pretty sure? I remember seeing it and I agree it sometimes takes a big name to really spread awareness of certain crimes. I am glad they are prosecuting 16+ years olds with knifes now even though it should have been put into effect years ago in the UK and everywhere else that doesn't have a similar law.

That's old news, but while watching the movie today, I saw the scene where the boy was in and freaked out when I realised it was him who died. So so sad. That's what left of this boy now, this scene. He will never have the chance to be anything else than the Harry Potter actor who got stabbed and died. It's horrible that he wasn't there to see the movie and go one step further, use this as a way to achieve his dreams, or at least get closer to who he'd want to be. I can't even imagine how sad his family must have been, especially if they've seen that particular scene. And I agree that this should not reach the news because the boy was in a big hit movie. He should reach the news to raise awareness for crime in the cities. I hope that things have gotten better ever since this sad incident...

It's true that when people are murdered like this, it shouldn't matter whether they're famous or not. But it's also true that there are so many murders these days that we can't be touched by every single one of them, so when it's an actor from HP, it hits us a little more. I found it really great that they wore the white ribbons around their wrists at the HBP premiere- I was hoping they wouldn't completely ignore what happened. But what was the worst for me was that it happened so long ago that by the time I went to watch the movie, I'd forgotten about it. So when the dinner party scene played and they showed Belby talking, I recognized him, and I kind of grabbed my friend and freaked out a little. It was very strange because it had taken me by surprise, but very very sad. I agree with alkisti, it is really horrible he didn't get to see the film, and it gets me thinking about his friends and family; how would it be for them to see the movie? Maybe some of them wouldn't even see it, or watch that part?

Don't worry, he is around in spirit. Nevertheless it is sad. I lost a close friend a few years back. Then again, we will all die, there is no stopping it.

Wow, that is terrible to die at a young age...at least he'll be remembered from more people than the average person. And he was in an HP movie, which is an honor to an actor, really! So he'll rest in peace & his spirit is still around. Bless him.