Sean Connery, a lion of cinema whose roar went beyond Bond
Read full article: Sean Connery, a lion of cinema whose roar went beyond BondFILE - This March 4, 1992 file photo shows actor Sean Connery during a news conference in Hamburg, Germany. Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died aged 90, according to an announcement from his family. Conneryās Bond became etched as an icon of its era, one increasingly distant from today. Itās a perfect role and performance for Connery, whose best work came when he ā this former bodybuilder of unimpeachable force and magnetism ā was humbled. That could be because the glint of mischief that accompanied nearly every Connery performance was so present in āThe Last Crusade.ā Connery always left you feeling if not shaken then very happily stirred.