The longest serving James Bond has died.
Sir Roger Moore’s family broke the news of his death via social media.
With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated. pic.twitter.com/6dhiA6dnVg
— Sir Roger Moore (@sirrogermoore) May 23, 2017
“It is with a heavy heart that we must announce our loving father, Sir Roger Moore, has passed away today in Switzerland after a short but very brave battle with cancer,” the statement read. “The love which he was surrounded in his final days was so great it cannot be quantified in words alone.”
Moore played the iconic James Bond from 1973 until 1985, accumulating a total of 5,118 days in the role.
RIP Roger Moore: the longest-serving (and the best) of all the big screen Bonds. pic.twitter.com/WTA1vfzGJW
— Ian Jones (@ian_a_jones) May 23, 2017
His run as Bond is nearly 1,000 days more than Daniel Craig, who is the second longest serving Bond at 4,239 days and counting.
Live and Let Die was Moore’s first turn as Bond and he continued to portray the famous British spy in six more films.
Those included The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983) and A View to a Kill (1985).
Moore is survived by his three children, Deborah, Geoffrey and Christian.
