"It is with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith," Smith's sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin said in a statement shared with IndieWire. "She passed a

As the world mourns the loss of Downton Abbey star Dame Maggie Smith, series creator and writer Julian Fellowes has taken a moment to pay tribute. In a statement to Variety, he described the late dame as “a truly great actress,

"We were more than fortunate to be part of the last act in her stellar career," Julian Fellowes said in a statement.