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Sean Connery widow reveals he had suffered from dementia

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/10/31/james.jpg"/><figcaption>British actor Sean Connery talks with journalists after leaving the presidential palace in Panama City in November 2003. <em>Yuri Cortez, AFP/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LONDON - Iconic Scottish actor Sean Connery, who has died at the age of 90, suffered from dementia in his final years, his widow Micheline Roquebrune revealed on Sunday.</p><p>Connery, famous for playing the original on-screen James Bond, passed away at his home in the Bahamas, prompting an outpouring of tributes.</p><p>He died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by family members, his widow Micheline Roquebrune told the Mail on Sunday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5uF0yP5rrYo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;I was with him all the time and he just slipped away,&quot; the 91-year-old told the newspaper.</p><p>&quot;He had dementia and it took its toll on him. He got his final wish to slip away without any fuss.</p><p>&quot;It was no life for him. He was not able to express himself latterly.&quot;</p><p>Connery will be honoured in a private funeral ceremony, with a memorial event to be held later, according to a publicist. </p><p>The actor, who was knighted in 2000, won numerous awards during his decades-spanning career encompassing an array of big-screen hits, including an Oscar, three Golden Globes and two Bafta awards.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/01/20/sportsman-turned-spy-why-sean-connery-chose-james-bond-over-manchester-united">Sportsman turned ‘spy’: Why Sean Connery chose James Bond over Manchester United</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/31/20/sean-connery-the-original-onscreen-james-bond-dead-at-90">Sean Connery, the original onscreen James Bond, dead at 90</a></li></ul><p>But it was his smooth, Scottish-accented portrayal of the suave licensed-to-kill spy 007 that earned him lasting worldwide fame and adoration.</p><p>The first actor to utter the unforgettable &quot;Bond, James Bond&quot;, Connery made six official films as novelist Ian Fleming&#x27;s creation, giving what many still consider to be the definitive portrayal.</p><p>Former 007 actor Pierce Brosnan joined the flood of weekend tributes to the Scottish actor, who he said &quot;led the way for us all who followed in your iconic foot steps&quot;.</p><p>&quot;You were my greatest James Bond as a boy, and as a man who became James Bond himself, you cast a long shadow of cinematic splendour that will live on forever,&quot; Brosnan added.</p><p>Meanwhile US President Donald Trump, like Connery a golf fanatic, took to Twitter to praise the big-screen star after he passed &quot;on to even greener fairways&quot;.</p><p>&quot;He was quite a guy, and a tough character,&quot; Trump added, claiming Connery had once helped one of his Scottish developments win approval by saying &quot;let him build the damn thing&quot;.</p><p>&quot;He was so highly regarded &amp; respected in Scotland and beyond that years of future turmoil was avoided.&quot;</p><div><strong>MODEL OF A MAN</strong></div><p>Connery, born in Edinburgh in 1930, married French artist Roquebrune in 1974, a year after he divorced first wife Diane Cilento.</p><p>The couple first met in Morocco in 1970. They had lived outside his native Britain for decades, previously owning a home in the Spanish resort of Marbella and then in the Bahamas.</p><p>In one of the last photographs said to have been taken of the 007 legend, and published by the Mail on Sunday, Connery can be seen clasping the hand of a smiling Roquebrune.</p><p>The picture was taken on the pair&#x27;s 45th wedding anniversary on May 6, according to the paper.</p><p>&quot;He was gorgeous and we had a wonderful life together,&quot; the Tunisian-born widow said.</p><p>&quot;He was a model of a man. It is going to be very hard without him, I know that. But it could not last for ever and he went peacefully.&quot;</p><div><strong>jj/cdw</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>LONDON - Iconic Scottish actor Sean Connery, who has died at the age of 90, suffered from dementia in his final years, his widow Micheline Roquebrune revealed on Sunday.</p>

LONDON - Iconic Scottish actor Sean Connery, who has died at the age of 90, suffered from dementia in his final years, his widow Micheline Roquebrune revealed on Sunday.