Friday, April 19, 2024

British actress Diana Rigg has died

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British actress Diana Rigg has died.

Rigg became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel in TV series “The Avengers.”

She also starred in spy thriller “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” as the only woman ever to marry James Bond.

In later life, she played Olenna Tyrell in “Game of Thrones.”

Rigg died Thursday morning at home with her family. Her daughter says she was diagnosed with cancer in March.

She was 82.

 

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