{"id":11492,"date":"2020-11-01T10:40:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T08:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/jcc-gives-back-to-the-local-community-20201026-2\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T09:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:32:29","slug":"jcc-gives-back-to-the-local-community-20201026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/jcc-gives-back-to-the-local-community-20201026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Sean Connery dies at age 90"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_f47b653f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9295\/bea0b23861064d0da68df05eb79e24cb.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/b7194e8c3d10424fa3b7c2a18cddd1df.jpg\" title=\"Sean Connery\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Sean Connery<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Scottish movie legend Sean Connery, who shot to international stardom as the suave, sexy and sophisticated British agent James Bond and went on to grace the silver screen for four decades, has died aged 90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Connery was raised in near poverty in the slums of Edinburgh and worked as a coffin polisher, milkman and lifeguard before his bodybuilding hobby helped launch an acting career that made him one of the world\u2019s biggest stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"RCOMVideo-ratio-container-8AWjC\">\n<div class=\"RCOMVideo-container-Lo9AA\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__container___1ZKDQ\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__video___3LqxA\">\n<div aria-label=\"Video Player\" class=\"jwplayer jw-reset jw-state-paused jw-stretch-uniform jw-flag-controls-hidden jw-breakpoint-1 jw-flag-small-player\" id=\"jw-1\" role=\"application\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"jw-wrapper jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-contract-trigger\">\n<div class=\"jw-top jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-media jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-captions jw-reset jw-captions-enabled\">\n<div class=\"jw-overlays jw-reset\">\n<div class=\"jw-plugin jw-reset jw-plugin-googima jw-ad-linear\" id=\"jw-1_googima\">\n<div class=\"jw-ads-view\" id=\"jw-1_ad\">\n<div class=\"jw-plugin jw-reset\" id=\"jw-1_jwpsrv\">\n<div class=\"jw-hidden-accessibility\">\n<div class=\"afs_ads\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__overlay___2ZH3o VideoPlayer__hidden___27oQq\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__title-overlay___1YlQp\">\n<div class=\"TitleOverlay__container___108td\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__story-controls___2yPYM\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__progress-controls___1dbUt\">\n<div class=\"ProgressControls__container___2DjSQ\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"ProgressBar__container___g8DrB ProgressControls__progress-bar___3kGby\">\n<div class=\"ProgressBar__play-progress___n-lJT\">\n<div class=\"ProgressControls__scrubber___3-NZD\">\n<div class=\"Scrubber__scrub-container___B50N9\">\n<div class=\"Scrubber__scrubber___P8L7b\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__group___1-jRi\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__time-display___2d691\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__group___1-jRi\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__cc-button___2bDNR\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__share-button___El0qM\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__fullscreen-button___2CYS3\">\n<div class=\"VideoPlayer__next-up-tooltip___3Zj26\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">\u201cSean was a global legend but, first and foremost, he was a patriotic and proud Scot,\u201d said Scottish First Minster Nicola Sturgeon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Connery will be remembered first as British agent 007, the character created by novelist Ian Fleming and immortalized by Connery in films starting with \u201cDr. No\u201d in 1962.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AdSlot__container___2BqUD ArticleBody-ad-slot-83sCj\" data-creative-type=\"others\">\n<div class=\"AdSlot__creative___aEugP\" data-google-query-id=\"CIbxsZb04OwCFZEC0wod04ICkA\" id=\"ad_mpu\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_1874f094\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sir Sean Connery\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/724\/469fca3e2cef4d2bbd4fa273c834be76.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/724\/c017172611dd42ceb2c2e02d68134a5d.jpg\" title=\"Sir Sean Connery. Photo: Reuters\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Sir Sean Connery. Photo: Reuters<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/4735792\/reuters.com\/business\/media\/article_1__container__\">\n<p>As Bond, his debonair manner and wry humour in foiling flamboyant villains and cavorting with beautiful women belied a darker, violent edge, and he crafted a depth of character that set the standard for those who followed him in the role.<\/p>\n<p>He would introduce himself in the movies with the signature line, \u201cBond \u2013 James Bond.\u201d But Connery was unhappy being defined by the role and once said he \u201chated that damned James Bond\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Tall and handsome, with a throaty voice to match a sometimes crusty personality, Connery played a series of noteworthy roles besides Bond and won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a tough Chicago cop in ?\u201dThe Untouchables\u201d (1987).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">He was 59 when People magazine declared him the \u201csexiest man alive\u201d in 1989.<\/p>\n<div class=\"RelatedCoverage-container-3AnSP ArticleBody-related-coverage-7S2f1\">\n<div class=\"RelatedCoverage-stories-3WYWt\">\n<div class=\"StoryItem-container-3jnmn RelatedCoverage-story-37edl\">\n<div class=\"StoryItem-image-container-3CLqB StoryItem-square-left-23OyK\">\n<div class=\"Thumbnail-container-MGAOC\">\n<div aria-label=\"Factbox: 'Gritty and witty' - reactions to the death of screen legend Sean Connery\" class=\"Thumbnail-image-3nTD7 AutoSizeImage-container-19DRs AutoSizeImage-cover-2sLxp\" data-loaded=\"true\" role=\"img\" title=\"Factbox: 'Gritty and witty' - reactions to the death of screen legend Sean Connery\">\n<div class=\"StoryItem-content-19M61\">\n<div class=\"StoryItem-group-2M6b5\">\n<p class=\"TextLabel__text-label___3oCVw TextLabel__gray___1V4fk TextLabel__small-all-caps-no-spacing___3Ic1_ StoryItem-title-11vw9\">Connery was an ardent supporter of Scotland\u2019s independence and had the words \u201cScotland Forever\u201d tattooed on his arm while serving in the Royal Navy. When he was knighted at the age of 69 by Britain\u2019s Queen Elizabeth in 2000 at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, he wore full Scottish dress including the green-and-black plaid kilt of his mother\u2019s MacLeod clan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">BECAME FED UP WITH \u2018IDIOTS\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Some noteworthy non-Bond films included director Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s \u201cMarnie\u201d (1964), \u201cThe Wind and the Lion\u201d (1975) with Candice Bergen, director John Huston\u2019s \u201cThe Man Who Would be King\u201d (1975) with Michael Caine, director Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade\u201d (1989) and the Cold War tale \u201cThe Hunt for Red October\u201d (1990).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">Fans of alternative cinema will always remember him starring as the \u201cBrutal Exterminator\u201d Zed in John Boorman\u2019s 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