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Dame Diana Rigg: Avengers, Bond and Game of Thrones actress dies at 82

Actress Dame Diana Rigg, famous for roles including Emma Peel in TV series The Avengers and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, has died at the age of 82.

Her daughter, actress Rachael Stirling, said she died of cancer, after being diagnosed in March.

"She spent her last months joyfully reflecting on her extraordinary life, full of love, laughter and a deep pride in her profession," she added.

Dame Diana also played the only woman who became Mrs James Bond.

She played Tracy, who married George Lazenby's 007 in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Lazenby said he was "so sad" to hear of her death, while Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli also paid tribute.

Actress Dame Diana Rigg dies aged 82

The Avengers and Game of Thrones star is remembered as a "luminous" talent and a "wonderful actress".

www.bbc.co.uk

I loved her is the Avengers.
RIP, will be sadly missed

 

[Anonymous.]

I loved her in THE AVENGERS, too. I thought she was beautiful and talented.
May she rest in peace.

 

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