Sean Connery’s Wife Reveals Actor’s Peaceful Final Moments

"It was no longer a life for him, he could no longer express himself lately. In the end, he died in his sleep, and it was just peaceful. I was with him all that time and he left gently." This is how the Franco-Moroccan painter artist, Micheline Roquebrune, described the last moments spent alongside the first James Bond in history.

In an interview with the DailyMail, the woman, who accompanied the legendary actor for 45 years, expressed her deep sorrow at having to live separated from her lifelong companion, but also a form of relief.

It was a painful ordeal for her and her entourage, due to the actor’s distressing last moments, who was suffering from dementia, Micheline recounts. But also a relief because, she explains, Sean Connery had a last wish, that of dying without pain. "His last wish was fulfilled. He died peacefully."

The spouses met by chance during a golf tournament in Morocco in 1970. Micheline was unaware of Sean Connery, she confided to the British newspaper The Sun, until the moment she was stunned by the actor’s physique. "I dreamed of him that very night. The next day, I went back to the tournament, and it was the click," she said.

Micheline was still living with her children in Morocco, while Connery lived in the Bahamas. The couple was only able to celebrate their wedding five years later. "At first, we couldn’t see each other. She lived in North Africa," the actor had stated, who had fallen in love with Morocco, before adding "Micheline is a wonderful woman, she is the love of my life."

In 1975, the actor had starred in the film "The Man Who Would Be King", the filming of which took place in Ouarzazate. Later, in 2004, he received the award for best actor at the Marrakech International Film Festival.