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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,...

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.

Two iconic British television shows collided this week when The Avengers star Diana Rigg popped up on the set of Doctor Who. The actress, 73, was pictured filming a guest role on the BBC series with Matt Smith and new assistant Jenna-Louise Coleman. The trio were dressed in Period costume as they filmed scenes in Butetown, in Cardiff.