英名優ショーン・コネリーさん、晩年は認知症 妻が明らかに
人気スパイ映画「007」シリーズの初代ジェームズ・ボンド役で知られるコネリーさんは、バハマの自宅で死去。多くの人が死を悼んだ。
ルクブルンさんが英大衆日曜紙メール・オン・サンデーに語ったところによると、コネリーさんは家族に見守られながら就寝中に安らかに亡くなった。
「彼は認知症で、その犠牲になった。彼は無用な騒ぎを起こすことなく静かにこの世を去るという、最後の願いをかなえた」 「彼はこのところ、自分の考えを表現することができなかった」(ルクブルンさん)
広報担当者によると、コネリーさんの葬儀は近親者のみで行い、後日お別れの会が行われる。【翻訳編集AFPBBNews】
〔AFP=時事〕(2020/11/02-12:31)
Sean Connery widow reveals he had suffered from dementia
Iconic British 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.
Connery, famous for playing the original on-screen James Bond, passed away at his home in the Bahamas, prompting an outpouring of tributes.
He died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by family members, his widow Micheline Roquebrune told the Mail on Sunday.
I was with him all the time and he just slipped away, the 91-year-old told the newspaper.
He had dementia and it took its toll on him. He got his final wish to slip away without any fuss.
It was no life for him. He was not able to express himself latterly.
Connery will be honoured in a private funeral ceremony, with a memorial event to be held later, according to a publicist.
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.
But it was his smooth, Scottish-accented portrayal of the suave licensed-to-kill spy 007 that earned him lasting worldwide fame and adoration.
The first actor to utter the unforgettable Bond, James Bond, Connery made six official films as novelist Ian Fleming's creation, giving what many still consider to be the definitive portrayal.
Former 007 actor Pierce Brosnan joined the flood of weekend tributes to the Scottish actor, who he said led the way for us all who followed in your iconic foot steps.
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, Brosnan added.
- 'Model of a man' -
Connery, born in Edinburgh in 1930, married French artist Roquebrune in 1974, a year after he divorced first wife Diane Cilento.
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.
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.
The picture was taken on the pair's 45th wedding anniversary on May 6, according to the paper.
He was gorgeous and we had a wonderful life together, the Tunisian-born widow said.
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.
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