Sean Connery RIP

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He was my favourite Bond.

My granny used to tell us how she dated him when she was 15 when she worked for the milk man.

Is there any evidence of him having been a wife beater? Or are you just going by that one quote he gave to Playboy over 50 years ago?

According to Billy Connelly, he was the only Scotsman to sport brown knees when wearing a kilt.

Rest In Peace Sir Sean.
My dad knew him and his brother slightly as they were both brought up in Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh and were the same age. Sean never forget his roots, and made Edinburgh proud.
The best Bond ever.

'I don't believe that any level of abuse of women is ever justified under any circumstances' Connery speaks for the first time after cancelling his high-profile appearance at Holyrood's Festival of Politics

@Gatekeeper

always known as Seen Canary in our house

Us too. Rest In Peace kind man.

Couldn't stick him, frankly. Quite a limited range; tax-avoider; bit slap-happy with the wife. But I suppose he really was an icon, when so few people manage it. It's a shame he's gone.

The best Bond. He's had a good innings, I didn't realise he was that old, I thought he was in his 70s!

Not a bond fan (don’t hate me) but loved him in highlander.

There can be only one.

Two quotes from the same bbc obituary of Sean Connery:

‘His previous marriage, to the Australian actress, Diane Cilento, had ended in 1975 amid allegations he had been violent towards her and had a string of affairs. They had one son, the actor Jason Connery.’

‘A long overdue knighthood, finally awarded in 2000, was reportedly held up by the Labour government because of his support for Scottish independence.’

I find it hard to reconcile a wife beater being 'long overdue' a knighthood.

@OgwdihwO you’re thinking of the film with Billy Connolly and David Tennant 😊

I have no idea where kind man came from. Apologies. He wasn’t allegedly. The slapping interview which I think someone has linked.

Sad that another legend has gone....He was perfect as Bond
Met him once years ago when I was a student in St Andrews and sold him a pink cashmere jumper .....he was charming and very down to earth...despite me being a gibbering wreck! unfortunately his credit card didn't have 007 anywhere!

Really sad, with Diana Rigg so recently RIP Sir Sean😢

Such sad news. Great actor, my favourite Bond. Handsome and dashing.
RIP

Is there any evidence of him having been a wife beater? Or are you just going by that one quote he gave to Playboy over 50 years ago?
Plenty f interviews with him on YouTube were he won't back down from his opinion. However he thinks a slap is ok, not a fist.

im sorry for his family but he was w wife beating bigot i dont know about dirt this was already known

@PhoebeSnow

Rest In Peace Sir Sean. My dad knew him and his brother slightly as they were both brought up in Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh and were the same age. Sean never forget his roots, and made Edinburgh proud. The best Bond ever.

never forgot but refused to live there

@Rhine

Is there any evidence of him having been a wife beater? Or are you just going by that one quote he gave to Playboy over 50 years ago?

Just watch the YouTube video linked by overnightangel. In his very own words, he’s an unrepentant, violent male supremacist.

It’s sad that so many women are gushing over him. And people don’t believe internalised misogyny is a real thing.

Wow that video

It’s sad that so many women are gushing over him I totally agree

. And people don’t believe internalised misogyny is a real thing They are deluded!!!

He died in his sleep in the Bahamas at the age of 90. So the opposite of sad, really, he had a long rich life and a peaceful death in paradise. Would be could all be so fortunate.