Best known for playing famous spy 007, actor Sir Roger Moore has died at the age of 89. his family confirmed the news on micro-blogging website Twitter, saying he had died after a “short but brave battle with cancer.” It read, “With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated.”
A statement issued by his children read, “Thank you Pops for being you, and being so very special to so many people.” The star will have a private funeral in Monaco in accordance with his wishes. “The love with which he was surrounded in his final days was so great it cannot be quantified in words alone,” said the statement from Deborah, Geoffrey, and Christian. Moore starred in seven James Bond movies, including the well-received 'Octopussy' (1982), most of which was filmed in Udaipur, India.
