LONDON (AP) — Roger Moore, the longest-serving movie star to play iconic British spy James Bond in the famed film series, has died in Switzerland after a brief bout with cancer. He was 89.
A message from his family shared on the actor’s official Twitter account Tuesday read: “With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated.”
The statement continued that Moore “has passed away today in Switzerland after a short but brave battle with cancer.
“The love with which he was surrounded in his final days was so great it cannot be quantified in words alone.”
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RIP Rog. You had a good long life and we enjoyed you immensely. You weren’t my ‘favorite’ James Bond but you were a good one. You were a perfect Saint and a great Maverick. Thank you for everything!
What sysprog said – I’ll miss Roger Moore. He also wasn’t my favorite Bond, but he did make one of my favorite Bond films, “For Your Eyes Only.” Just shows what he could have done if he hadn’t been given so much ridiculous material over the years!
I remember him most for his short-lived TV series “The Persuaders” where he co-starred with Tony Curtis and of course for his great turn as Simon Templar in “The Saint” TV series.
His James Bond was played with his tongue firmly in his cheek and lots and lots of really bad puns, but was a fun way to pass the 70’s (with the exception of “Live and Let Die”, the horribly racist “Blacksploytation Bond” film which is terrible.)
“The Man with the Golden Gun” was my favorite Roger Moore James Bond film.