6 times Muggles tried to sound as perfect as Alan Rickman

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Blathnaid Healy
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LONDON -- Alan Rickman's voice was arguably the British acting legend's most distinctive feature. He had the perfect timbre -- science even said so.

If Rickman, who sadly died on Thursday, had read the phone book aloud -- or anything equally mundane -- most of us would have pulled up a chair and listened.

A voice that good inspires one thing: lots and lots of impressions.

From Benedict Cumberbatch doing "Candle in the Wind," Rickman-style, to this famous Jimmy Fallon clip, here are some of the best impressions we've found. Of course, none of them can really hold a candle to the man himself.

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Rickman's revenge

BONUS: 13 astounding Alan Rickman roles that go beyond 'Harry Potter'

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