Tanya Roberts, Bond girl and “That ’70s Show” star, has died at 65 after premature death report

Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in “A View to a Kill” and appeared within the sitcom “That ’70s Present,” has died, her publicist confirmed to CBS Information on Tuesday, a day after he and her accomplice mistakenly mentioned she had died. Roberts was 65.

Roberts’ publicist Mike Pingel mentioned in an announcement Cedars-Sinai Medical Middle in Los Angeles reached out to her companion of 18 years, Lance O’Brien, on Monday evening to tell him that Roberts had handed away.

“She was my soulmate, she was my greatest pal. We’ve not been aside for 2 days” of their years collectively, a tearful O’Brien instructed The Related Press on Tuesday.

Roberts’ loss of life was associated to a urinary tract an infection, Pingel mentioned. He had been on the hospital Tuesday morning with O’Brien to select up Roberts’ private results.

Roberts collapsed at dwelling on December 24 after strolling her canines and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai. She had been reported useless on Sunday, however Pingel mentioned that was primarily based on a mistake by O’Brien, who believed Roberts had slipped away throughout what was anticipated to be a closing go to.

Quite a few retailers, together with The Related Press, reported Roberts’ loss of life Monday, primarily based on info Pingel acquired from O’Brien. CBS Information initially printed an article from ET On-line reporting Roberts’ loss of life.

O’Brien, who’d been unable to see Roberts within the hospital due to COVID-19 restrictions, was allowed to go to Sunday as her situation worsened. Roberts didn’t have the virus, he mentioned.

When he obtained the decision Sunday that she was failing, O’Brien mentioned he was “emotionally shocked as a result of I used to be anticipating her to come back dwelling.”

Considered one of Roberts’ highest profile roles was taking part in geologist Stacey Sutton reverse Roger Moore in 1985’s “A View to a Kill,” the place she held a gun on Bond after tricking him into pondering she was in a bathe. The character later joined him to cease dangerous guys on an airship over San Francisco.

“We’re saddened to listen to of the passing of Tanya. She was a really beautiful individual,” Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli wrote in tribute. Britt Ekland, who starred reverse Moore in 1974′s “The Man with the Golden Gun,” tweeted: “As soon as a Bond Lady all the time a Bond Lady!”

Roberts additionally appeared in such fantasy journey movies as “The Beastmaster” and “Hearts and Armour.” She changed Shelly Hack in “Charlie’s Angels,” becoming a member of Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third Angel Julie. She additionally performed comedian e-book heroine Sheena — a feminine model of the Tarzan story — in a 1984 movie.

A brand new era of followers noticed her on “That ’70s Present,” taking part in Midge, mom to Laura Prepon’s character Donna. On Twitter, Topher Grace, one of many present’s stars, known as Roberts “actually a pleasant individual to work with.” He added: “I had by no means acted earlier than and, to be trustworthy, slightly nervous round her. However she could not have been kinder. We’ll miss you Midge.”