Posted on 09/10/2020 10:22:41 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
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, has shared his own moving tribute to his former co-star.
Sharing a promotional image of the pair from the 1960s on Instagram, George penned: "I'm so sad to hear of the death of Diana Rigg.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
Ain’t that the truth
In Thunderball, one of the “girls” gets shot (by a bullet aimed at him) while they’re on the dance floor.
Bond (Connery) dances her over to a seat, sits her down, and says to the couple at the table, “Don’t mind my friend here. She’s just dead.”
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You are talking about Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi)...
She was trying to kill 007...She failed...
Now that is sick humor! -—
Down near the end of the article is this: “Diana could not be reached for comment at the time by the publication.”
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The writer is referring to the story several years earlier...Lazenby claimed that he almost had an affair with Rigg...She never responded to that claim...
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