Sir
Sean
Connery,
the
Scottish
actor
best
known
for
his
portrayal
of
James
Bond,
has
died
at
the
age
of
90.
According
to
BBC,
Sean
had
been
unwell
for
some
time,
and
died
peacefully
in
his
sleep,
while
in
the
Bahamas.
Many
Bollywood
celebrities
joined
fans
in
mourning
the
immense
loss
to
cinema,
and
paid
tributes
to
the
late
actor
on
social
media.
Abhishek
Bachchan
took
to
his
Twitter
handle
to
write,
"We've
lost
another
legend
today.
After
watching
Highlander
I
hoped
he'd
remain
immortal.
He
will
live
on
through
his
immense
work.
#RIP
Sean
Connery.
There
will
never
be
a
better
Bond
than
you."
Remembering
some
of
Sean's
most
iconic
characters,
Arjun
Rampal
tweeted,
"The
legend
Sir
Sean
Connery,
the
first
and
best
James
Bond,
Indiana
Jones
father
Henry
Jones
Sr.
The
incredible
Jim
Malone
in
The
Untouchables
are
a
few
of
the
incredible
incredible
characters
he
brought
to
life.
Will
always
stay
with
me.
Thank
you.
RIP.
#ripseanconnery."
Nimrat
Kaur
tweeted,
"Rest
in
peace
Sir
Sean
Connery.
They
don't
make
them
like
you
anymore...
#OGBond."
Filmmaker
Sujoy
Ghosh
made
a
rather
poignant
remark
in
his
tweet
as
he
wrote,
"How
does
one
even
thank
sean
connery
for
all
the
films..."
Aftab
Shivdasani
tweeted,
"A
legend
leaves
us.
RIP
Sir
Sean
Connery.
Deep
condolences
to
his
family
and
fans.
May
God
bless
his
soul."
Filmmaker
Rahul
Dholakia
wrote,
"The
original
Bond
!
James
Bond.
Sir
#SeanConnery
Rests
!
Goodbye
007
and
thank
you."
Sean's
career
spanned
several
decades
and
he
had
featured
in
numerous
critically
acclaimed
and
blockbuster
films
such
as
Indiana
Jones
And
The
Last
Crusade,
Murder
On
The
Orient
Express,
The
Hunt
For
Red
October,
The
Untouchables,
Finding
Forrester
and
so
on.
He
first
played
the
iconic
James
Bond
in
Dr
No
(1962),
and
went
on
to
star
in
other
films
like
You
Only
Live
Twice,
Diamonds
Are
Forever,
Never
Say
Never
Again
and
so
on.
Sean
is
widely
regarded
as
the
best
actor
to
have
played
Bond.
Sean
was
knighted
by
Queen
Elizabeth
II
in
July
2000,
at
Edinburgh's
Holyrood
Palace.
In
2004,
he
was
polled
as
'The
Greatest
Living
Scott'
by
The
Sunday
Herald,
and
as
'Scotland's
Greatest
Living
National
Treasure'
in
a
2011
EuroMillions
survey.
Notably,
he
was
also
a
longtime
supporter
of
Scottish
independence
and
had
said
that
he
might
return
to
his
home
country
from
the
Bahamas,
if
it
voted
to
break
away
from
the
UK.
James
Bond
producers
Barbara
Broccoli
and
Michael
G
Wilson
paid
tribute
to
the
actor
on
Twitter
with
this
statement:
"We
are
devastated
by
the
news
of
the
passing
of
Sir
Sean
Connery.
He
was
and
shall
always
be
remembered
as
the
original
James
Bond
whose
indelible
entrance
into
cinema
history
began
when
he
announced
those
unforgettable
words
-
"The
name's
Bond...
James
Bond."
Sean
is
survived
by
his
son
Jason
Joseph
Connery
and
his
wife
Micheline
Roquebrune.
According
to
BBC,
Jason
said
his
father
"had
many
of
his
family
who
could
be
in
the
Bahamas
around
him" when
he
died
overnight
in
the
Bahamas.