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Bond actor Michael Lonsdale dies aged 89
James Bond Franchise, as well as The Name of the Rose, has died aged 89.He died Monday afternoon at his home in Paris, with his agent Olivier Loiseau confirming the news to AFP.L’Obs first broke the news of his death.Londsale was known for countless roles, however one of his most famous was as nazi villain Sir Hugo Drax in 1979 Bond film Moonraker.Over his career, the bilingual actor, who was born May 24, 1931, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, clocked up more than 200 roles in both French and English film, theatre and television, over the course of six decades.He also starred as the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal, and M.
