Sean Connery, the Scottish actor who was catapulted to superstar status after playing the suave but steely secret agent James Bond, died. He was 90.

The actor starred as 007 in films such as “Dr. No” and “Thunderball” before carving out a niche later in life playing grizzled older men, including Indiana Jones’s father in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and a Russian submarine commander in “The Hunt for Red October.”

But…

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