Micheline Roquebrune, Connery's widow, has revealed the actor's end to a British media.
Micheline Roquebrune, the widow of Sean Connery, who died this Saturday at the age of 90 in the Bahamas, revealed that the actor suffered from senile dementia in recent months and that he died peacefully in his bed and in the company of his family.
In statements published by the British newspaper Daily Mail, Roquebrune explained that, due to the illness, "it was no longer life for him. Lately he was unable to express himself."
The widow, of French-Moroccan origin and who was the second wife of the Scottish actor who popularized the super agent James Bond, considered that her husband was "a wonderful model of a man" and that they both shared "a wonderful life."
The tabloid published what is believed to be the last photo of the star alive, taken last May at the celebration of his 45th wedding anniversary and in which an aging Connery is seen holding the hand of his wife. he.
"At least he died in his sleep and it was very peaceful. I was with him the whole time and he just went away. That's what he wanted, to go away quietly." Roquebrune said.
For his widow, "it will be very difficult without him, but it couldn't last forever and he left calmly." Connery and Roquebrune married in Gibraltar in 1975, five years after meeting at a golf tournament, a sport of which they were both very fond.
