Diana Rigg receives heartbreaking tribute from James Bond 'husband' George Lazenby.
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Mirror Online ^
| September 10, 2020 | Lewis Knight
007 Star George Lazenby has posted a moving tribute to the late Dame Diana Rigg. The British actress has died at the age of 82 following a private battle with cancer. Lazenby
and Rigg appeared alongside each other in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, with Rigg playing the feisty Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo Draco. In the film, Diana played the first on-screen 'Bond girl' to win Bond's heart and become his wife, Tracy Bond. Tragically, the character was killed-off in a drive-by shooting at the film's conclusion. Now, one-time Bond actor George Lazenby, 81,...
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Diana Rigg, 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Avengers' Actor, Has Died At 82
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NPR ^
| September 10, 2020 | Andrew Limbong
Actor Diana Rigg, best known for starring in the 1960s British TV espionage thriller The Avengers, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in London. According to a statement from her daughter Rachael Stirling, she was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year
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Diana Rigg, star of ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Game of Thrones,’ dead at 82
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New York Post ^
| Sep 10, 2020 | By Lauren Steussy and Barbara Hoffman
Dame Diana Rigg, of James Bond and “The Avengers” fame, has died “peacefully” at 82. The
acclaimed actress known for her role as Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, the only Bond girl to ever marry 007, Rigg was bestowed her “Dame” title in 1994 for her contributions to all things drama. The iconic Brit suffered from cancer and died surrounded by her family Thursday morning.
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Diana Rigg Dies: ‘Games Of Thrones’, ‘The Avengers’ & Bond Actress Was 82
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Deadline ^
| Sept 10, 2020 | Tom Grater
English actress Diana Rigg has died at the age of 82, her representatives have confirmed to the BBC. A celebrated and award-winning performer on stage and screen, Rigg was known for her TV roles in The Avengers and Games Of Thrones, and in film as Tracy Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret
Service. Her theater work included a 1992 production of Greek tragedy Medea, for which she won a Tony in the title role, and a 1987 staging of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Follies.
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Goodbye to the indomitable Mrs Peel: Acting legend Diana Rigg who starred in The Avengers, was a Bond girl (who actually got to marry 007) and appeared in Game of Thrones dies peacefully at home aged 82
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UK Daily Mail ^
| September 10, 2020 | Amie Gordon
James Bond actress and Game of Thrones star Dame Diana Rigg has died today at the age of 82 following a short battle with cancer. The
British actress made her name in the cult 1961 TV series The Avengers, before going on to star as the cutthroat matriarch Lady Olenna Tyrell in HBO's Game of Thrones. More recently, Rigg appeared as the eccentric Mrs Pumphrey in the 2020 adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small - which aired last night on Channel 5.
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