Diana Rigg has sadly passed away. The award-winning British actress has died at the age of 82, BBC reported on Thursday (September 10). “She died peacefully early this morning.
She was at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time,” her agent told the outlet. Diana was born on July 20, 1938, in Doncaster, England, and first shot to superstardom as Emma Peel in The Avengers from 1965 to 1968, and would go on to be known as Lady Olenna Tyrell in recent years in the hugely popular Game of Thrones, for which she was nominated for four Emmys. Diana also played Bond girl Tracy di Vincenzo in 1969′s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
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