Knox (pictured Far Right w/brother Jamie and his Mother Sally), who has a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was stabbed to death during a brawl in London on Saturday...
Knox was stabbed after he got caught up in a fight outside a bar in southwest London, Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
A 21-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder...
In a statement, Knox's parents Colin and Sally said: "Rob was kind and thoughtful and would always help out others.
"The life and soul of the party, he was very outgoing, loved sports, and would always strike up a conversation with people.
"He was respectful to others and adored by all his family and friends."
Film producers Warner Bros. said: "We are all shocked and saddened by this news and at this time our sympathies are with his family."
A man came to the bar in Sidcup armed with two knives and was seen waving one of them around through the window.
A scuffle broke out and Knox and his brother Jamie were reportedly trying to protect each other.
Several others sustained knife wounds.
The brothers' friends Tom Hopkins, 18, and Tarik Ozress, 17, managed to pin the armed man down, wrestling with him for several minutes before police arrived.
Hopkins, who was stabbed in the head, said: "Rob was just trying to help out. He was like that. I grabbed the knife, I didn't know at the time that he had another knife. It was just chaos."
Knox was taken to hospital and pronounced dead.
Friends said there had been a [fight] over a phone last week and believe it could have been a revenge attack.
Knox plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the upcoming film, the sixth installment of the popular series is set for release on November 21 2008.
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How very sad...
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