when james bond actor sean connery died in 2020 he was 90. over the course of his nine decades the
actor accomplished a great many things including being knighted by the queen of england however
sean apparently spent the final moments of his life slowly wasting away from dementia although
his widow claims he passed away peacefully he was nowhere near the man he used to be upon his death
joined facts verse as sean connery's widow reveals what his final moments were like during the final
months of his life sean connery's quality of living was drastically altered by his dementia the
actor suffered from the condition severely during his last days and eventually succumbed at age 90
in 2020. the james bond actor passed away at his home in the bahamas and his widow claims he died
the way he had always anticipated and hoped he was going to after his retirement from the industry
in the 2000s his widow is micheline rockbroon who was married to connery for well over four decades
she was one of only two wives sean claimed during his life though the actor had affairs with many
women during his time in hollywood his first wife was diane salento who claimed shawn abused her
during their marriage before his death sean faced controversy for remarks he made regarding whether
or not he thought it was okay to hit a woman and those remarks substantiated the abuse claims
but he seems to have treated his second life much better micheline has a much more favorable
opinion of her late husband than his first wife did she claims she had a hard time witnessing
her longtime husband deteriorate and was glad he was able to pass away peacefully of course
sean connery remains better known for being the first and arguably most fondly remembered actor
to portray james bond on film his first appearance as the character came in the 1962 film dr no and
he subsequently played the character several more times before passing on the torch to a variety of
different actors besides dr no he can also be seen playing bond in from russia with love goldfinger
thunderball you only live twice diamonds are forever and never say never again his final
appearance as the character came in 1983 and it was only a few more decades before the actor chose
to retire altogether although numerous actors have stepped into the role of james bond many consider
shawn's bond to be the most iconic he's still the standard that most new bond actors are forced to
measure up to and all the subsequent bond actors were quick to pay tribute to the legend in the
wake of his passing the most recent bond is daniel craig who credited sean with helping
shape his critically acclaimed portrayal of the character according to widow micheline ruckbroon
sean connery's final wishes were to have his ashes scattered partially in his homeland of scotland
and partially in his more recent home of the bahamas micheline made a vow to fulfill his wish
though travel restrictions as a result of covet 19 made fulfillment impossible in the immediate
wake of his passing hopefully she has managed to make good on her promise to her late husband
but she has been dealing with accusations of tax fraud lately and may even end up facing jail time
if found guilty the last known photo of sean connery featured him alongside his son jason
at age 89. jason is the child of sean and diane celento and sean maintained a close relationship
with him up until his death at the time of his death sean had been retired from the entertainment
industry for well over a decade in the wake of the much maligned 2003 blockbuster the league of
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connery's immense success as james bond he had a hard time maintaining his critical and
commercial acclaim later in his career this was due predominantly to poor choices when it came to
projects there were numerous roles throughout the 90s and early 2000s that sean connery reportedly
turned down in favor of taking parts in features that ended up commercially underperforming
some of the roles he turned down reportedly include gandalf in the lord of the rings
trilogy morpheus in the matrix and john hammond in jurassic park he felt these projects weren't
going to be successful instead sean connery chose to take part in features such as 2003's
the league of extraordinary gentlemen which was so poorly received it caused the author of the
source material to refuse to allow his name to be credited on any subsequent adaptation despite the
hard time sean connery had later in his career he did have a few notable successes after retiring as
james bond one of these later successes came via his portrayal of indiana jones father in indiana
jones in the last crusade harrison ford even campaigned to have sean eventually come back and
portray his father in a future film though these plans never came to fruition another late career
success for sean connery was the michael bay film the rock which cast shawn alongside nicholas cage
the film was received positively by critics and audiences and proved sean connery still
had everything it took to be an action star in 1996. sadly his retirement came less than a decade
later though not so much as a result of lack of ability as his lack of success with choosing jobs
connery became a household name thanks to james bond but he grew tired with playing the character
soon after the premiere of dr no he continued working on subsequent features for money and
out of obligation to the producers after he quit the first time he came back to reprise the role
once officially and once in the non-canon feature never say never again despite the fact connery's
career took a downward trajectory starting in the 80s he still had several major successes
as well as ones during the 90s after retiring from james bond his first career revival came
in the form of his role in the 1987 feature the untouchables the hit gangster film put shawn back
into the spotlight and he subsequently made a name for himself as a slightly older action star
apart from his younger days as bond throughout the 90s sean had numerous hits in addition to 1996's
the rock some of these included the hunt for red october and entrapment he also had another hit in
96 with dragonheart in the year 2000 the queen of england knighted sean and he received the american
film institute's lifetime achievement award in 2006. even though sean still faces criticism
posthumously for the alleged abuse he perpetrated against first wife diane many still venerate the
late scottish actor diane salento passed away in 2011 and sean was continuously questioned
about his views on domestic violence up until his death he claimed in a 1993 vanity fair interview
he wasn't above hitting a woman and these claims came back to haunt him in a big way they became
particularly notable once people started becoming interested in sean's marriage to diane solento
while he's been criticized posthumously and before his death for his misogynistic views
the character he popularized has also been criticized for his archaic views on women
james bond has grown a lot as a character in the days since sean connery played him
as the producers have done a lot to fix some of the character's more problematic attributes
regarding his tendency to objectify female peers now it's time to hear from you did you know sean
connery suffered severely from dementia during his final months let us know in the comments
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