RIP Roger Moore

IanT

Sad to hear that Roger has died today age 89

This day keeps getting worse

Matt1979

Terrible. RIP Mr Bond

Loved watch the Man with the Golden Gun on Sunday.

Thomo

RIP Sir Roger

superdaddy

To me the greatest Bond of all. Rip Sir -{

Thunderpussy

So sad to hear this, I grew up watching
Roger as a kid, then the was my Bond.
RIP Roger Moore. -{
Thank you for all the years of fun. I'm sure he'll
Be keeping the British end up, in Heaven

Barbel

No. No, no, no, no.

Hinks

I just read this on another forum a rushed over here, It is very sad news and with losing Chris cornell aswell this week it seems like all my childhood heroes are disappearing .

R.I.P Legend.

DanielCraig007

R.I.P. Sir Roger Moore.
A true gentleman.

DutchJamesBondFan

A gentleman in everything he did. One of the proudest to have played Bond even in his last moments..
Nobody does it better, RIP Sir Roger.

Dutchfinger

I'm gutted by this. I'm sure all of you are feeling the same by this sad sad news...

Nobody does it better! -{

R.I.P Sir Roger Moore

Moores Left Eyebrow

Genuinely gutted to hear about the passing of Sir Roger.

I have very fond memories of growing up watching his Bond movies with my dad. In my younger years he was my favourite Bond.

A true gentleman. You will be missed.

DEFIANT 74205

R.I.P. Sir Roger

Chriscoop

Absolutely gutted R.I.P Sir Roger.
What an awful day.

Sir Hillary Bray

In the summer of 1978, I was a 13-year old boy living in sunny Southern California. Cable television was just being introduced, and a channel called OnTV was offered in my area. All it did was play movies, and apparently it didn't have rights to too many of them, because it seemed like an endless spool of just a few films, including Futureworld, Logan's Run, Gator, and Bugsy Malone.

Oh -- and The Spy Who Loved Me.

I had never seen a Bond film before, and to say TSWLM drew me in is a colossal understatement. I probably watched it 20 times over the course of the summer, and to this day I can recite it line for line. I was mesmerized by the global sweep, the gadgetry, the archvillainy, the music -- and especially by this suave, wisecracking, OxBridge-accented guy named Bond.

Long story short, I saw Moonraker many times in the cinema the next year. When Betamax, VHS and videodiscs took hold a short time later, I gorged on the previous Bond films. Right after that, I read all the books. All because of Roger Moore. Did he end up being my favorite Bond? No. But there can only be one first, and he was mine. It is no exaggeration to say I owe my Bond fandom to him more than to anyone else.

RIP, Sir Roger. I am posting in this community of like-minded people primarily because of you.

Dirty Punker

I've teared up right now and it will eventually escalate into me crying.
This day keeps getting better and better. Nobody does or did it better. Such a great loss.
The first Bond actor who is no Moore. And to think I watched a bit of The Spy Who Loved Me in the morning. My favourite Bond.
Rest in Peace Sir Roger.
Thank you for making me laugh all this time but today...today well...
"Mr Bond, I bid you farewell."

CRB

Isn't there already a thread for Bond alumni passing away ?

Barbel

Yes. This time, though, I'm not enforcing that rule.

Matt S

RIP Sir Roger. This has to be the saddest Bond news since Cubby or Desmond Llewellyn died. He is my favourite Bond, and I can't imagine anyone else coming along that could ever change that. I just posed a tribute to his style on my blog, since despite how dated some find his clothes, there is so much brilliance in them that still holds up today.

And this thread better not be closed. Moore deserves to have his own thread and not be lumped in with the "Bond Alumni: Tributes and Updates"!

Blood_Stone

Didn't care for the rest of his silly Bond movies, but he was amazing in "For Your Eyes Only". His book was a good read too. RIP.

CRB

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Anyway I'm very glad I met the man, the legend, when I did, he was a true Gentleman.

Barbel

Matt S wrote:

And this thread better not be closed. Moore deserves to have his own thread and not be lumped in with the "Bond Alumni: Tributes and Updates"!

Couldn't agree more.

Dirty Punker

Why did he have to be so good...
Matt, will you make a tribute to him as you did with Foster?

HalfMonk HalfHitman

89. A life well-lived. Cheers to him.

CRB

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Matt S

Dirty Punker wrote:

Why did he have to be so good...
Matt, will you make a tribute to him as you did with Foster?

He was the best! And I already did: http://www.bondsuits.com/roger-moore-fashionable-bond-passed-away/

superdaddy

CRB wrote:

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all aware of the horror of last night and are deeply saddened and angry BUT this is a thread about the passing of Sir Rog, so let's just keep it to that shall we!

welshboy78

RIP Sir Roger

UNCLE27

Live and Let Die was the first Bond film I saw and it just blew me away!
A fantastic Bond and a true Gentleman.
RIP Roger. Thank you.

Miles Messervy

I was born in 1986, so I was not alive during Roger Moore's tenure as James Bond. Nevertheless, Roger was my dad's Bond, and like many of you, I watched my first Bond film with my father. The film we watched was The Spy Who Loved Me. It remains my favorite to this day, and Roger's suave, elegant portrayal of Bond remains the one against which I judge all the rest. -{

CB0012

A first class individual and to me the definitive elder statesman for the brand. Now sadly the first to leave us, but what a tremendous legacy he left us with.

Godspeed, Sir Roger.

CRB

CRB wrote:

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Unbelievable (literally). I have to question your judgement. I'll leave you to grieve. And maybe think about your actions.