The ONLY James Bond: Sir Sean Connery dies at 90
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2020 is relentless.
Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90
Sat, October 31, 2020, 8:30 AM EDT·1 min read
Sean Connery in 2004
Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, his family has said.
The Scottish actor was best known for his portrayal of James Bond, being the first to bring the role to the big screen and appearing in seven of the spy thrillers.
His acting career spanned decades and his many awards included an Oscar, two Bafta awards and three Golden Globes.
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Sir Sean's other films included The Hunt for Red October, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Rock.
He was largely regarded as being the best actor to have played 007 in the long-running franchise, often being named as such in polls.
His Oscar came in 1988, when he was named best supporting actor for his role as an Irish cop in The Untouchables.
He was knighted by the Queen at Holyrood Palace in 2000.
In August, he celebrated his 90th birthday.
Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – October 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award.
Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983.[1] In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Name of the Rose (1986), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000).
Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot"[2] and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure".[3] He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999.[4] He received a lifetime achievement award in the US with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.[5]
On 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
fuck
R.I.P. I grew up on his Bond films. All the others were just imitators.
Highlander. RIP.
dam...didn't know he was THAT old. rest in peace
RIP
Got damn 2020 is taking no prisoners
Man, 2020 is showing us that 2016 was the scout team, but it’s the real thing.
Some of the greatest memories from my childhood are spending Saturdays with my Pops watching James Bond flicks on TBS.
Caught one of his late in life’s flicks, Finding Forester and realized every...body...gets...old.
On an even more serious note, I always felt that James Bond was the blueprint to fighting white insecurity without sacrificing to many of our own people.
Espionage on these racist, or nothing. Think John Allen Muhammad.
Anyway, not to hijack Sean Connery’s moment: thanks for the top shelf entertainment. Your mark has been left.
Some of the greatest memories from my childhood are spending Saturdays with my Pops watching James Bond flicks on TBS.
Caught one of his late in life’s flicks, Finding Forester and realized every...body...gets...old.
On an even more serious note, I always felt that James Bond was the blueprint to fighting white insecurity without sacrificing to many of our own people.
Espionage on these racist, or nothing. Think John Allen Muhammad.
Anyway, not to hijack Sean Connery’s moment: thanks for the top shelf entertainment. Your mark has been left.
Just off the movie the rock alone he gets an r.i.p
RIP
What are you prepared to do? Untouchables
damn. 2020 no joke RIP
damn
RIP
Safe Travels
Realest thing said on tape
Realest thing said on tape
Damn. R.I.P. 
R.I.P. to a legend, ironically I was just watching "A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" earlier this week.
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