Mijn eerste kennismaking met Roger Moore was toen ik als kind altijd samen met mijn vader keken naar The Saint (waar hij de rol van Simon Templar speelde) en The Persuaders waar hij samen met Tony Curtis schitterde. Maar toen met The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) en Moonraker (1979) was hij de enige echte James Bond voor mij en was dit het begin van mijn liefde voor de 007 films. Maar helaas is vandaag bekend geworden dat Roger Moore op 89 jarige leeftijd is overleden aan de gevolgen van kanker.
"The affection our father felt whenever he walked onto a stage or in front of a camera buoyed him hugely and kept him busy working into his 90th year, through to his last appearance in November 2016 on stage at London's Royal Festival Hall. The capacity crowd cheered him on and off stage, shaking the very foundations of the building just a short distance from where he was born. Thank you Pops for being you, and for being so very special to so many people.
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