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    Sean Connery dead at 90

    The Oscar winner died overnight in his sleep, his family says

    Sean Connery, the acclaimed actor who skyrocketed to fame for his iconic role as James Bond, has died, Fox News confirmed. He was 90.

    The Scottish actor's family confirmed his death to Fox News in a statement via his rep.

    "He died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by family," Connery's rep tells Fox News on behalf of his wife, Micheline Roquebrune, and his two sons, Jason and Stephane.

    A private ceremony will be held, his family said, followed by a memorial yet to be planned once the coronavirus pandemic has ended.

    Connery's death was first reported by BBC on Saturday. He died overnight in the Bahamas, where he was known to be living in his final years...

    Sean Connery, Scottish actor who played James Bond in 7 movies, dead at 90 | Fox News

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
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    I had to look it up. I didn't remember that one and what film it was from. :)

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    Speaking of Sean, I remember when I was a kid going to the Roosevelt Drive-In with my daddy and seeing Goldfinger. I would have been about 8 years old. I always remember the dead woman being painted gold, and Bond lying on the table with the laser headed up to burn him. Also Oddjob throwing his hat and cutting the head off the statue.

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    Yeah, I was a fan - While a couple other actors did a good job, I considered him the one and ONLY James Bond

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romans828 View Post
    Yeah, I was a fan - While a couple other actors did a good job, I considered him the one and ONLY James Bond
    Yep. To those from our era nobody else was Bond but him.

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    Beyond Bond: Sean Connery's Impact on the Culture
    By Rick Moran
    Oct 31, 2020
    Beyond Bond: Sean Connery's Impact on the Culture


    Sean Connery, who died peacefully in his sleep at his home in the Bahamas, was that rare Hollywood actor whose impact on culture transcended the roles he played on film.

    He made seven of the iconic James Bond films and grew to hate the role that made him an international star. The Independent notes in his obituary, "In 2004, The Observer reported that the actor once said he was 'fed up' with the character, stating: 'I have always hated that damned James Bond – I'd like to kill him.'"

    But to reduce his fame to a single character in a few films does a great disservice to Connery whose career spanned 5 decades in British television, film, and American movies. He ended up making 67 films — most of them memorable.

    He was one of the few performers who could make a bad film watchable. In 1972's Zardoz, Connery played Zed, and proceeded to chew the scenery with a gusto that made the boring, overwrought post-apocalypse film interesting.

    But it wasn't until the 1980s after Connery's romantic leading man days were over that he hit his stride as an actor. His memorable characters in films like Untouchables (for which he won an Academy Award), the Hunt for Red October, and his perfect portrayal of Indiana Jones' father in The Last Crusade solidified his position as a Hollywood icon.

    Indeed, his catchphrase from Untouchables actually made it into politics when Barack Obama quoted it to illustrate how hard he was going to fight to win....




    ...But despite Connery hating the character James Bond, the persona he created of the suave, sophisticated, violent, and most of all, resourceful spy who was licensed to kill and could melt any woman's resistance with a look became a 1960s phenomenon. People wanted to drive his car — the Aston-Martin roadster. They wanted to dress like him, drink like him ("vodka martini, shaken not stirred"), love like him. He rivaled Elvis Presley in cultural impact.

    Indeed, to this day, the character of James Bond continues to endure. Each succeeding actor who played James Bond was, fairly or not, measured against Connery's portrayal. This is hugely ironic since the author of the popular James Bond books, Ian Flemming, created a character so different from the Hollywood version of the character that you wouldn't recognize him.

    Flemming once said of his Bond that he was a "civil servant with a gun." Hardly dashing or romantic, Bond's sexuality was defined by the dangerous aura he gave off. Women swooned for it. Flemming's Bond had a "slim build; a three-inch long, thin vertical scar on his right cheek; blue-grey eyes; a "cruel" mouth; short, black hair, a comma of which rests on his forehead." Not a matinee idol like Connery or a clown like Roger Moore, Flemming's Bond didn't drive fast cars or get dressed in tuxes to go to the casino. He was, like most successful spies — of which Flemming was one — a rather non-descript, ordinary-looking man.

    But the times demanded something more dashing, more debonaire. The cold war had to be fought and won and James Bond was enlisted as a culture warrior. Perhaps it's better that we remember Connery for other roles besides James Bond. Indeed, I will always remember his turn as Sgt. Jim Malone in The Untouchables.

    "You just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement: make sure when your shift is over you go home alive."








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    "You just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement: make sure when your shift is over you go home alive."
    Untouchables may be my favorite role of his.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GodismyJudge View Post
    "I have always hated that damned James Bond – I'd like to kill him."


    Loved him as a actor

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