Yes. British actor Roger Moore, who played the famous spy in seven Bond films, has died. He passed away on Tuesday (May 23, 2024) in Switzerland. He was 89.
His family confirmed the news on Twitter, saying he had died after "a short but brave battle with cancer".
The statement, from his children, read: "Thank you Pops for being you, and being so very special to so many people."
Moore previously survived various health scares—including prostate cancer, heart trouble and Type 2 diabetes.
Roger George Moore was born on Oct. 14, 1927, in Stockwell, South London, the only child of George Alfred Moore, a London police officer who dabbled in amateur theater, and the former Lily Pope.
Early on, Roger expressed interest in becoming a commercial artist and worked while a teenager at an animation company. But he fell into movie extra work, was encouraged by a director to pursue acting and entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1944.
Know more about the life and career of Roger Moore by reading this The New York Times article and by checking his page on Biography.com.