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bring the role to the big screen and appearing in seven of the spy thrillers.
Sir Sean died peacefully in his sleep in the Bahamas, having been "unwell for some
time", his son said.
His acting career spanned seven decades and he won an Oscar in 1988
for his role in The Untouchables.
Sir Sean's other films included The Hunt for Red October, Highlander,
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Rock.
around him" when he died overnight in Nassau. Much of the Bond film
Thunderball had been filmed there.
He said: "We are all working at understanding this huge event as it only
happened so recently, even though my dad has been unwell for some time.
around the world who enjoyed the wonderful gift he had as an actor."
a memorial yet to be planned once the virus has ended."
Sir Sean Connery's widow Micheline Roquebrune has confirmed that the late James Bond
star had been diagnosed with dementia.
Sir Sean, who starred in films including Dr No, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger,
died aged 90 in the Bahamas on Friday.
"It was no life for him," Roquebrune told The Mail on Sunday.
"He had dementia and it took its toll on him. He got his final wish to slip away without any fuss."
She added the actor "was not able to express himself" in the period leading up to his death.
Sir Sean and Roquerbrune, a Moroccan-French painter, married in 1975.
Roquerbrune told the newspaper: "At least he died in his sleep and it was just so peaceful. I was with him all the time and he just slipped away. It was what he wanted."
She added it would would be "very hard without him" and described him as a "model of a man".
