The word legend gets thrown around far too easily. That said if there was ever a man that deserved this tag it's Christopher Lee. Put his life into a story and you would be forgiven in thinking it's a superb piece of fiction.
It's almost unthinkable that one man could do and achieve what he has, not many come around in each generation.
He was in the SAS
He was pat of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Secret Agency
The tallest and most prolific leading actor
He's sang Opera
He's released Heavy Metal Music
He's met JRR Tolkien, only one in the films to have done so.
He's met Rasputin's killers
Cousin to Ian Flemming, some say Bond was created with similarities to Lee
His family bare the coat of arms of Charlemagne
Speaks more languages can I can be bothered to write down.
The list is endless.
RIP Legend.