James Bond icon Sean Connery dead at 90

Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Scottish screen icon Sean Connery died overnight in the Bahamas, his family said. He was 90.

The BBC reported his death Saturday and Sky News confirmed it.

No cause was given.

The Oscar-winning actor was known for his distinctive voice and roles in the James Bond film franchise as well as The Wind and the Lion, Murder on the Orient Express, The Man Who Would Be King, The Name of the Rose, Highlander, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt For the Red October, The Rock, The Untouchables and Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.

His final on-screen role in a movie was in 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentleman.

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