Tanya Roberts, Bond girl and Charlie’s Angel, dies day after premature announcement

Initially announced to have died on Sunday after a mistaken statement by her publicist, Roberts’ partner now reports she died on MondayTanya Roberts, the glamorous actor who starred opposite Roger Moore in the 1985 Bond film A View to a Kill, has died aged 65, it has been reported.

Roberts’ death had been mistakenly announced by her representative Mike Pingel on Sunday, leading to multiple news organisations, including the Guardian, to report it, before a retraction was issued a day later.Now Roberts’ partner Lance O’Brien is reported to have said he was informed by staff at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles that Roberts died on Monday evening.

O’Brien had reportedly mistakenly informed Pingel of her death on Sunday, leading to inaccurate media reports.

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