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Mourning for Sir Sean Connery: James Bond actor dead - wife reveals health details shortly before death

2020-11-01T12:41:32.719Z


Sir Sean Connery was best known for his role as James Bond. Now the actor has died. He was 90 years old.


Sir Sean Connery was best known for his role as James Bond.

Now the actor has died.

He was 90 years old.

  • Sir Sean Connery

    became

    known

    as the

    first James Bond *

    in the 1960s

    .

  • He has

    now died

    at the

    age of 90

    .

  • He

    fell asleep peacefully

    .

Update from November 1, 1:31 p.m.:

The late Scottish film star Sean Connery suffered from dementia, according to his wife.

The disease "had a really negative effect on him," said Micheline Roquebrune, who had been married to Connery since 1975.

She also revealed to the British tabloid "Mail on Sunday" that her husband died "in his sleep" with his family in Nassau, Bahamas, on Saturday night.

"It was very peaceful," said Roquebrune.

She was with her husband the whole time.

"We had a wonderful life together," said the French painter.

"It will be great without him

Mourning for Sir Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies - successor is dismayed

Update from October 31st, 8:45 p.m.:

A number of celebrities have

expressed

their

condolences

online

.

Arnold Schwarzenegger described

Connery

as "a legend and one of the greatest actors of all time".

The Australian Hugh Jackman wrote on Twitter: “I grew up

adoring

Sean Connery

.” SPD politician and Vice President of the EU Parliament, Katarina Barley, called Connery her “

favorite Bond

”, who will always be , and comedian Oliver Kalkofe regretted: "And again the world has lost a hero."

The official

James Bond Twitter page

posted a statement from current

007 actor

Daniel Craig

on Saturday afternoon

: “It was with such sadness that I heard of the death of one of the real greats in cinema.

Sir

Sean Connery

will be

remembered

as

Bond

and more.

He defined an era and a style.

The wit and charm he portrayed on screen could be measured in megawatts;

he helped create the modern blockbuster. "

The Scottish head of government also said on Saturday: “I will miss him.

Scotland will miss him.

The world will miss him. "

Sean Connery: mourning James Bond actor

And further: “He will continue to influence actors and filmmakers alike in the years to come.

My thoughts are with his family and loved ones.

Wherever he is, I hope there is a golf course. "

Edinburgh -

Sean Connery is dead

.

The actor became a legend as James Bond.

As the

bbc

reported on Saturday afternoon, the native Scotsman has now died at the age of

90

.

A loss for the acting world.

Sean Connery dies: his role as James Bond made him a world star

The

90-year-old became known as

a

James Bond actor

in the early 1960s when he became the first actor to slip into the role of the British secret agent.

He played the

role of 007 a

total of six times

and chased the bad guys in his films.

But that was just the beginning of

Sean Connery.

In the following years, the native Scot worked on classics such as “A heap of great dogs”.

A black and white film in which Connery played a prisoner in a British military prison camp during World War II.

His world hits that made him immortal also include films such as the gangster thriller 

“The Incorruptible”

or his role in the third

Indiana Jones film

“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” in which Connery alongside Harrison Ford took on the role of Professor Jones' father, to name a few of his films.

The numerous award-winning actor received an

Oscar

in 1987

for his role in "The Untouchables".

Sean Connery has died: he fell asleep peacefully - son gives details

In 2000, Sean Connery became a

Sir Sean Connery

when the native Scotsman was knighted by the Queen.

In August this year the actor celebrated his

90th birthday

.

About two months later, the acclaimed Oscar winner has now died.

As his son told bbc, the 90-year-old died

peacefully in his sleep

during a stay in the Bahamas.

He had

previously "felt uncomfortable for a while,"

said Jason Connery.

And although Sean Connery has not felt comfortable for a long time, his death came as a surprise.

"We are all working to understand this great event as it came so suddenly."

Jason Connery chooses sad words

to say goodbye to his father: “

It is a sad day

for everyone who knew and loved my father and a loss for everyone in the world who enjoyed the wonderful gift he had as an actor. "

Sean Connery dies: his fans mourn - "Our nation today mourns one of its most beloved sons"

Many

fans

also

regret

the death of the world star

on

Twitter

.

They describe him as a "true legend" and the "best Bond actor".

And the official James Bond account tweeted on the occasion of the death of the

James Bond legend

: “Sir Sean Connery died at the age of 90.

He was the first actor to play James Bond on the big screen [...] “and list his James Bond successes.

Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90. He was the first actor to play James Bond on the big screen in Dr.

No in 1962, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever followed.

pic.twitter.com/VaFPHCM5Ou

- James Bond (@ 007) October 31, 2020

Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon

told

bbc

: “I was very sad to hear of Sir Sean Connery's death that morning.

Our nation

today

mourns

one of its most beloved sons. "

Sean Connery isn't the first Bond actor in his films to have died.

Also in 2020, the first French "Bond girl" in film history died.

She played alongside Sean Connery.

Bond girl Honor Blackman also passed away that year.

In addition, these celebrities died in 2020.

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