Sean Connery, famed James Bond actor, is dead at 90

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Sean Connery, the Academy Award-winning actor who was perhaps best known for his decade-long run as the original James Bond, is dead at the age of 90.

The Scottish actor "died overnight in his sleep, while in the Bahamas," according to the BBC. The same report also notes that "it is understood he had been unwell for some time." Connery's publicist later confirmed that "he died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by family." There will be a private funeral followed by a more public memorial "to be planned once the virus has ended."

Although his acting career goes all the way back to the early 1950s, with roles in theater, TV, and film, it was Connery's star turn in the first James Bond movie, Dr. No (1962), that amounted to his breakout. He would go on to play the famed MI6 age six times in total, in some of the series' most famous films, such as Goldfinger and From Russia With Love. Read more...

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