Rima Horton is an economics lecturer at Kingston University and from 1986 to 2006, served as a councilor for the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council.

^[0]However, Horton is mainly known for being married to the late actor, Alan Rickman.

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Horton and Rickman first met when they were 18 and 19 at the Chelsea School of Art.

From there they began dating for decades

until they married in 2012.

^[1]In an interview, Rickman mentioned that Horton is an incredibly tolerant women and that they have a grear relationship.

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On January 13, 2016, Horton announced that her husband had died of Cancer.

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