Grieving Pierce Brosnan throws himself back into work as he resumes filming after death of daughter Charlotte By Emily Sheridan Grieving Pierce Brosnan headed back to work on Tuesday, just days after the tragic death of his daughter Charlotte. The Irish actor, 60, had rushed back from shooting November Man in Serbia to be at his daughter's bedside when she passed away in London on Friday following a three=year battle with ovarian cancer. However, the former Bond star couldn't spend too long away from the big budget spy thriller and resumed filming in the capital Belgrade this week. Taking his mind off things: Pierce Brosnan resumes filming spy thriller November Man in Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday Pierce has been shooting the film, in which he plays an ex-CIA operative opposite Olga Kurylenko, since May. When his 42-year-old daughter's condition deteriorated, Pierce joined his family in London, who were all by her side when she died at 2pm on Friday afternoon. News of the mother-of-two's death was revealed in the early hours of Tuesday morning in a statement by the actor. He said: 'On June 28 my darling daughter Charlotte Emily passed on to eternal life, having succumbed to ovarian cancer. Difficult times: The 60-year-old actor is devastated following the death of his daughter four days ago Close: Pierce adopted Charlotte, pictured in 2006, when she was a child and brought her up after her mother died in 1991 Her death comes 22 years after the same disease killed her mother Cassandra. Pierce adopted his wife's children after their biological father Dermot Harris died in 1986, and they changed their surname to his. Sharing success: Charlotte with her brothers Chris (left) and Sean (right), father and grandmother May at The Matador after-party in London in 2006 Charlotte battled drug dependency and depression in her early 30s and volunteered for treatment at the Priory Clinic in 2003.