R.i.p Sir Sean Connery

[webbo3]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54761824

[anneasquith]

The first and truly the best 007 .

[Khandro]

The famous picture of him holding a gun to his chin https://www.express.co.uk/ it's actually an air pistol, so he wasn't really that deadly. Nice guy & keen golfer. RIP Sean

[murraymints]

know his brother Neil, worked alongside his sister in law Eleanor, Neil's wife.....very sad although to be honest he kind of sold Scotland down the river became a tax exile in Marbella then Bahamas..although he talked big about Scotland, he rarely visited....afraid money was his first love ! but he will be missed and Neil will be devastated...

[anneasquith]

I wish-we hadn’t seen that picture of him in later life, he looks so frail .

[murraymints]

he had been frail and quite poorly for some time

[anneasquith]

MM. when you say he ‘ sold Scotland down the river ‘ what do you actually mean ? Thanks

[murraymints]

he had much to say about Scottish independence etc etc but was not resident and did not contribute in any way financially to the UK let alone Scotland..if he loved his country as much as he made out he would have remained here.... if you don't live in a country ..vote there..or contribute in any way then you really do not have the right to have a voice or use a public platform to make political statements of any kind.... he left these shores many many years ago and rarely returned

[anneasquith]

So, he had no right to give his opinion about Scotland because he was not a resident ?

[royfromaus]

Cripes, Minty...you have him sounding like Gulliver ;0/

[murraymints]

not to the extent he did... no... he left these shores to become a tax exile..he has not contributed for many many many years if he was,in practice, as passionate about Scotland as he gave the impression he was, then he would have returned..he could well afford to..but.....

[marval]

Sad news, RIP Sean

[andy-hughes]

I am sorry he has passed, but he remains the most titanically lousy actor I have ever seen.

He played an iconic role early on, and he lived off it for ever.

An Irish character with a Scots accent and he gets an Oscar?

Delusions all round.

[douglas9401]

If Ann Boleyn can be black, an Irishman can sound Scottish.

It's art, innit.

[-SharonA-]

So sad. A gentleman to the last. RIP.

[Khandro]

You're all heart andy

[douglas9401]

Someone once wrote "I entirely agree - a little artistic licence is what keeps art fresh and interesting."

[retrocop]

//So sad. A gentleman to the last. RIP.//

Shoorly this can't be Sean Connery in this interview then. Could it be Bin Laden or perhaps the Ayatola Khoemeni with this attitude to women.

https://archive.totalfratmove.com/throwback-thursday-sean-connery-on-slapping-women/

[Bazile]

''You expect me to
talk ''?

[maggiebee]

Tribute on FB from Nicola Sturgeon.

I was heartbroken to learn this morning of the passing of Sir Sean Connery. Our nation today mourns one of her best loved sons.

Sean was born into a working class Edinburgh family and through talent and sheer hard work, became a film icon and one of the world's most accomplished actors.

He will be remembered best as James Bond - for many, the classic 007 - but his roles were many and varied.

Sean was a global legend but, first and foremost, he was a patriotic and proud Scot. His towering presence at the opening of the Scottish Parliament was a sign of his dedication to his country.

He was a great supporter of the SNP and a lifelong advocate of an independent Scotland - we owe him a great debt of gratitude as a party and a movement.

It was a privilege to have known Sean. When I last spoke to him it was clear even then that his health was failing - but the voice, the spirit and the passion that we all loved so well were still there.

I will miss him. Scotland will miss him. The world will miss him.

My thoughts and condolences are with Micheline, his sons Jason and Stefan, his brother Neil and all the family.

[maggiebee]

The Highland Welcome.

When Death's dark stream I ferry o'er,
A time that surely shall come;
In Heaven itself I'll ask no more
Than just a Highland welcome.

Robert Burns