The widow of Bond actor Sir Sean Connery paid loving tribute to her husband of 45 years in the days following his 2020 death.
The veteran actor – on screen in Thunderball this weekend (August 111) – passed away in October 2020 at the age of 90.
Tributes flooded in, with his son Jason paying tribute to his father. Widow Micheline also spoke out – and revealed the 007 actor was suffering from dementia.
What did the widow of Sir Sean Connery say about his death?
Micheline revealed how she was with her husband as he gently slipped away in his sleep at their home in the Bahamas.
She told the Daily Mail he was a “model of a man” who had struggled to communicate in recent months because of his illness.
Micheline said: “It was no life for him. He was not able to express himself latterly. 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.”
He had dementia and it took its toll on him. He got his final wish to slip away without any fuss.
She added that the dementia “took its toll” on the once vibrant Oscar-winning actor. “He had dementia and it took its toll on him. He got his final wish to slip away without any fuss,” she said.
‘We had a wonderful life together’
Micheline, who is now 95, also paid tribute to the Scottish actor and said they had a “wonderful life” together. She also looked to the future and explained how “hard” it will be without him.
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However, she’s glad that he went “peacefully”.
She revealed: “He was gorgeous and we had a wonderful life together. He was a model of a man. It is going to be very hard without him, I know that. But it could not last forever and he went peacefully.”
Cause of death
At the time, no cause of death for the Bond actor was revealed. However, a death certificate was obtained by TMZ a month after his death.
It showed the cause of death was pneumonia and respiratory failure.
His body was cremated, and the ashes were scattered in Scotland at undisclosed locations in 2022.
Thunderball is on ITV1 Sunday August 11 at 2.15pm.
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