In 1977, the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" was very popular. Richard remembers seeing this in London that year in Leicester Square and at the end of the video that I have shown you above, he said that the whole audience cheered! (And I noticed that one of the comments on YouTube for this clip said exactly the same thing!)
Sir Roger Moore died today. He will always be 007 to me!
Safe landings to him.
The tragedy in Manchester weighs heavily upon the world.
Praying for all.
I saw on the news that he had died. It is like the end of an era in many ways, isn't it? My husband always loved his work. I hope you have a good night, Kay. xo Diana
ReplyDeleteI love all those James Bond movies, I liked all the actors who have played him too, but I have a special fondness for Roger Moore, he was great friends with David Niven, one of my favorites. x
DeleteI liked Roger Moore as The Saint too. Terrible news from Manchester, feeling so bad for all the families tonight.
ReplyDeleteThe news showing the families, it is just heartbreaking.
DeleteI love Roger Moore as James Bond too. He was so debonair. Manchester is so very tragic. When will this ever end?
ReplyDeleteIt is something to think about, how can we stop tragedies like this when we live in free countries?
DeleteWhile I was never a James Bond fan as such, I do appreciate the movies as part of our pop culture, and Roger Moore WAS James Bond as much as Sean Connery before him and nobody after him, I think.
ReplyDeleteHis death was on our main TV news last night, too, after about half of the entire news program was about Manchester.
My nieces Emily and Lucy over in Derbyshire are teenagers; that concert would have been just the place to be for them.
Oh, did you wonder if they could have been there? Your nieces, I mean. It makes you think of all those who might be calling relatives to check on their young ones.
DeleteMy heart hurts for England, and for all who knew and loved Mr. Moore.
ReplyDeleteI know, the news showed us the photos of the victims, so very sad.
DeletePrayers are being said.
ReplyDeleteThanks, MA. x
DeleteSadness for so many who are grieving. Times like this remind us that we should all be brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers.
ReplyDeleteI have written of Richard Jewell before, he is the one who noticed the bag in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics and tried to move people away, and still,one person died. Many more would have had he not done this. How can we do this now in the age of backpacks?
DeleteThe Manchester tragedy is heartbreaking and heaven must be filled with prayers. It is also senseless. Greed for material things and for power is responsible for so much evil in the world.
ReplyDeleteReading this post now, I think I might have been in a state of shock when I wrote it. When people say now, "I have no words", I think I know what they mean.
DeleteThis kind of evil is so overwhelming to me, I can't stop thinking of the families who lost loved ones.
OT: You do have a searceable blog and I am reading
ReplyDeleteWednesday, March 21, 2012, about Marc Chagall and watching some videos about all Saints Church in Tudeley. Wonderful! Except of course for the death of a fine young woman....But the windows are amazing and I so hope you are able to go and see them some day.
I am so glad that you took the time to look up that post about Marc Chagall! I still haven't seen those windows at the church in Tudely but I live in hope! x
DeleteI was sad to hear that Sir Roger Moore had passed. I've not seen many of the Bond films but he was always a suave and sophisticated gentleman, the likes of which we may not see again.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of suave and sophisticated, did you know that he was good friends with David Niven? I love David Niven, I hope you know who he is! :-)
DeleteI am embarrassed to say this, but I have not seen the movie. Not that I remember. I will have to see if Netflix has it....
ReplyDeleteThe song and this one scene is the most memorable thing about it for me! Also, one has to remember that all the stunts in these movies were from REAL people, NOT anything computer generated. I remember being amazed at some of the stunts in these Bond films!
DeleteMy favourite Bond will always be Sean Connery. But, Moore had fun in the role...and made it his own, in his own way.
ReplyDeleteMy heart is heavy, very heavy...the Manchester bombing...the murders weigh heavily. The loss of innocents...the suffering...words fail...
I love Sean Connery as James Bond too! I love all the actors who have played him but each one has had their own way with the character. I liked Roger Moore with his teasing, one eyebrow up kind of way about it, he seemed amused and thrilled to be James Bond!
DeleteThe Manchester bombing, I still cannot wrap my head around such evil.
Yes to all of that, Kay. I remember seeing 'The spy Who Loved Me' in Devon; happy memories.
ReplyDeleteMike, when I wrote this post, I think I was in shock.
DeleteThe Bond films were fun to watch, I loved all the stunts. Kids now would only think they were computer generated!