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    Sean Connery: Farewell to James Bond, Agent 007

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    By Lavina Melwani on October 31, 2020 Cinema
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    Sean Connery, Oscar Winner and James Bond Star, Dies at 90
    Sean Connery as James Bond in Dr. No (Everett Collection)

    Sean Connery

    Farewell to Agent 007

    “The name’s Bond…James Bond!”
    Goodbye to our wonderful Agent 007 who always got the world out.of its messes and disasters
    Sean Connery was a fine actor who went on to many challenging roles, was knighted by the Queen and won an Oscar but to us he will always be the first and best James Bond.

    Breaking News: Sean Connery, Oscar Winner and James Bond Star, Dies at 90

    A Challenging Childhood
    He was born Thomas Sean Connery on Aug. 25, 1930, and his crib was the bottom drawer of a dresser in a cold-water flat next door to a brewery. The two toilets in the hall were shared with three other families. His father, Joe, earned two pounds a week in a rubber factory. His mother, Effie, occasionally got work as a cleaning woman.
    Read the full obituary here in The New York Times

     

    Sean Connery has died at 90. Born in Edinburgh’s slums, he became famous as the first James Bond and went on to a long, award-winning film career. https://t.co/W1qvUieXdP

    — The New York Times (@nytimes) October 31, 2020

    1/ I was heartbroken to learn this morning of the passing of Sir Sean Connery. Our nation today mourns one of her best loved sons.
    https://t.co/76UGDptARp

    — Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) October 31, 2020

    RIP the glorious Sean Connery pic.twitter.com/pzQ20gtFz9

    — Elizabeth Hurley (@ElizabethHurley) October 31, 2020

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