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Scottish actor Sean Connery has died at the age of 90. He was the first actor to play James Bond on the big screen in Dr. No(1962), From Russia With Love(1963), Goldfinger(1964), Thunderball(1965), You Only Live Twice(1967) and Diamonds Are Forever(1971) followed.

Sir Sean died peacefully in his sleep in the Bahamas, having been “unwell for some time”, his son said. Jason Connery said his father “had many of his family, who could be in the Bahamas, around him” when he died overnight in Nassau.

Much of the Bond film Thunderball had been filmed there.

“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,” he said.

“A sad day for all who knew and loved my dad and a sad loss for all people around the world who enjoyed the wonderful gift he had as an actor.”

Connery’s breakthrough came in the role of British secret agent James Bond