‘Harry Potter’ star Warwick Davis’ wife Samantha dead at 53: ‘I miss her hugs’

The wife of “Harry Potter” and “Star Wars” actor Warwick Davis, Samantha, has died at age 53.

Warwick announced the tragic information in a statement to the BBC, revealing that his wife, whom he referred to as his “favorite person,” experienced died on March 24. He did not disclose the trigger of death.

“Her passing has still left a big gap in our life as a relatives,” the actor, 54, informed the outlet. “I pass up her hugs.”

Warwick, who performed Filius Flitwick in the “Harry Potter” films, additional that his late spouse was his “most reliable confidant and an ardent supporter of anything I did in my vocation.”

“She was a unique character, always seeing the sunny facet of existence she had a wicked perception of humor and generally laughed at my undesirable jokes,” he reported, incorporating that getting his wife by his aspect was his “superpower.”

The pair ended up married for a lot more than 30 a long time and welcomed a few young children jointly — one particular of whom died 9 days following he was born

Samantha co-founded the dwarfism charity Little People UK together with her partner, which they released in 2012.

Warwick claimed his wife’s wellness has experienced some contact-and-go moments in current yrs, with her mobility getting to be impaired.

Samantha fell unwell with sepsis in the course of a spouse and children trip in 2019, which noticed her appear near to loss of life, Warwick included.

The actor mentioned that he and their little ones “sort of explained goodbye” to her at the time, on the other hand, she was able to pull by way of and get better.

The pair satisfied on the set of George Lucas’s film “Willow,” and tied the knot a few several years afterwards in 1991.

Samantha, an actress in her individual correct, played a goblin in “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Component 2.” Her spouse also starred as goblin Griphook in all eight films in the franchise.

The couple’s small children Annabelle, 27, and son Harrison, 21, also paid tribute to their late mother.

“Her like and happiness carried us by way of our total life,” they told the outlet. “Mum is our finest close friend and we’re honored to have acquired a appreciate like hers.”

Harrison also appeared as a goblin in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Aspect 2.”

Annabelle, for her aspect, starred in British cleaning soap “Hollyoaks” until her departure from the collection in January.