Tanya Roberts, Bond girl and 'That '70s Show' star, dies at 65 after premature reports of her death
Updated: 8:07 AM PST Jan 5, 2021
Albert L. Ortega
FILE: Actress Tanya Roberts arrives for the 23rd Annual Night Of 100 Stars Black Tie Dinner Viewing Gala held at Beverly Hills Hotel on February 24, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California.
SOURCE: Albert L. Ortega
Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in "A View to a Kill" and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom "That '70s Show," has died, according to a report from TMZ.Roberts died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.Lance O'Brien, Roberts' partner, told multiple media outlets one of her doctors called him Monday night around 9 p.m. and said the actress had died.Roberts had mistakenly been reported dead by her publicist earlier Monday while she was still hospitalized.Roberts' publicist Mike Pingel later told The Associated Press that Roberts, 65, was still alive as of 10 a.m. PST but was in a poor condition. He had previously said that Roberts collapsed in her home on Dec. 24 and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was believed to have died on Sunday.Pingel said O'Brien told him that he held his wife and she "seemed to slip away." O'Brien, who'd been unable to see Roberts in the hospital because of COVID-19 restrictions, was allowed to visit Sunday for a final goodbye, Pingel said. She did not have the virus, he said.O'Brien told TMZ he saw Roberts "fade away" after she quickly opened and then closed her eyes. Thinking she died, O'Brien did not speak to doctors and left the hospital.One of Roberts' highest-profile roles was playing geologist Stacey Sutton opposite Roger Moore in 1985′s "A View to a Kill." Roberts also appeared in such fantasy adventure films as "The Beastmaster" and "Hearts and Armour." She replaced Shelley Hack in "Charlie's Angels," joining Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third Angel Julie. She also played comic book heroine Sheena — a female version of the Tarzan story — in a 1984 film.A new generation of fans saw her on "That '70s Show," playing Midge, mother to Laura Prepon's character, Donna.
Tanya Roberts, who captivated James Bond in "A View to a Kill" and later played Midge Pinciotti in the sitcom "That '70s Show," has died, according to a report from TMZ.
Roberts died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.
Lance O'Brien, Roberts' partner, told multiple media outlets one of her doctors called him Monday night around 9 p.m. and said the actress had died.
Roberts had mistakenly been reported dead by her publicist earlier Monday while she was still hospitalized.
Roberts' publicist Mike Pingel later told The Associated Press that Roberts, 65, was still alive as of 10 a.m. PST but was in a poor condition. He had previously said that Roberts collapsed in her home on Dec. 24 and was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was believed to have died on Sunday.
Pingel said O'Brien told him that he held his wife and she "seemed to slip away."
O'Brien, who'd been unable to see Roberts in the hospital because of COVID-19 restrictions, was allowed to visit Sunday for a final goodbye, Pingel said. She did not have the virus, he said.
O'Brien told TMZ he saw Roberts "fade away" after she quickly opened and then closed her eyes. Thinking she died, O'Brien did not speak to doctors and left the hospital.
One of Roberts' highest-profile roles was playing geologist Stacey Sutton opposite Roger Moore in 1985′s "A View to a Kill."
Roberts also appeared in such fantasy adventure films as "The Beastmaster" and "Hearts and Armour." She replaced Shelley Hack in "Charlie's Angels," joining Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd as third Angel Julie. She also played comic book heroine Sheena — a female version of the Tarzan story — in a 1984 film.
A new generation of fans saw her on "That '70s Show," playing Midge, mother to Laura Prepon's character, Donna.