Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker throughout his adult life, and suffered from heart disease. In 1961, aged 53, he suffered a heart attack and struggled to recuperate. On 11 August 1964, while staying at a hotel in Canterbury, Fleming went to the Royal St George's Golf Club for lunch and later dined at his hotel with friends. The day had been tiring for him, and he collapsed with another heart attack shortly after the meal. Fleming died at age 56 in the early morning of 12 August 1964—his son Caspar's twelfth birthday. His last recorded words were an apology to the ambulance drivers for having inconvenienced them, saying "I am sorry to trouble you chaps.
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Ian Fleming | Death
Heart attack. Heart attack He died of heart failure. Heart attack
who was the james bond character based on
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A number of elements had a real-life background, taken from people whom the author knew or events he was aware of. Some aspects of the character and tastes replicate those of the author himself.
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what is the inspiration behind the specific number used to refer to the character?
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It was assigned by the author in reference to one of British naval intelligence's key achievements of World War I and helped in breaking the German diplomatic code.
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which movies does this character appear in?
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"Dr. No”, "You Only Live Twice”, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service” and "Diamonds Are Forever” are some of them.
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are these movies based on any novel?
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"Dr. No” is based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming.
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who is this author?
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Ian Fleming
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did he fight in any war?
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Yes, the "Second World War".
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when did he start writing the novels?
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1952
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anything significant about the style in which he wrote?
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He used to write for about three hours in the morning and another hour between six and seven in the evening. He would never correct anything and I never go back to see what he had written.
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how did he die?
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Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker throughout his adult life, and suffered from heart disease. In 1961, aged 53, he suffered a heart attack and struggled to recuperate. On 11 August 1964, while staying at a hotel in Canterbury, Fleming went to the Royal St George's Golf Club for lunch and later dined at his hotel with friends. The day had been tiring for him, and he collapsed with another heart attack shortly after the meal. Fleming died at age 56 in the early morning of 12 August 1964—his son Caspar's twelfth birthday. His last recorded words were an apology to the ambulance drivers for having inconvenienced them, saying "I am sorry to trouble you chaps.
Ian Fleming | Death
The publishers had passed the manuscript to Kingsley Amis to read on holiday, but did not use his suggestions. Fleming's biographer Henry Chandler observes that the novel "received polite and rather sad reviews, recognising that the book had effectively been left half-finished, and as such did not represent Fleming at the top of his game". The final Bond book, containing two short stories, "Octopussy and The Living Daylights", was published in Britain on 23 June 1966. In October 1975 Fleming's son Caspar, aged 23, committed suicide by drug overdose and was buried with his father. Fleming's widow, Ann, died in 1981 and was buried with her husband and their son.
Ian Fleming | Death
On 11 March 1955, Fleming died at his home in London of a heart attack. His ashes are buried in St Paul's Cathedral.
Alexander Fleming | Death
I don't know how you get along so fast with the traffic on the roads these days." Fleming was buried in the churchyard of Sevenhampton, near Swindon. His will was proved on 4 November, with his estate valued at £302,147 (equivalent to £ in ). Fleming's last two books, "The Man with the Golden Gun" and "Octopussy and The Living Daylights", were published posthumously. "The Man with the Golden Gun" was published eight months after Fleming's death and had not been through the full editing process by Fleming. As a result, the novel was thought by publishing company Jonathan Cape to be thin and "feeble".
Ian Fleming | Death
Fleming died on 18 August 1971 from a heart attack while on a shooting expedition near Glen Coe in Scotland. His body was buried in Nettlebed Churchyard, where a stained glass window was later installed in the church dedicated to his memory. The gravestone reads: He travelled widely in far places; Wrote, and was widely read.Soldiered, saw some of danger's faces,Came home to Nettlebed. The squire lies here, his journeys ended – Dust, and a name on a stone –Content, amid the lands he tended,To keep this rendezvous alone.
Peter Fleming (writer) | Death
Fleming died on 12 September 1964 at Jannali, New South Wales.
Norm Fleming | Death
Once Fleming and his wife arrived at Goldeneye, he started work on the second Bond novel. In May 1963 he wrote an article for "Books and Bookmen" magazine describing his approach to writing, in which he said: "I write for about three hours in the morning ... and I do another hour's work between six and seven in the evening. I never correct anything and I never go back to see what I have written ... By following my formula, you write 2,000 words a day." As he had done with "Casino Royale", Fleming showed the manuscript to his friend, the writer William Plomer, who reacted favourably to the story, telling Fleming that "the new book held this reader like a limpet mine & the denouement was shattering".
Live and Let Die (novel) | Background
He died at home, 19 Drumsheugh Gardens in Edinburgh's West End (now demolished) and is buried with his wife in the south-west corner of the north section in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, next to Arthur Henry Havens Sinclair.
David Fleming, Lord Fleming | Death
Fleming died of pancreatic cancer at his home on April 25, 1995, six days before his 71st birthday. His ashes were scattered at sea.
Art Fleming | Death and legacy
He was killed by German shelling on the Western Front on 20 May 1917; Winston Churchill wrote an obituary that appeared in "The Times". Because the family owned an estate at Arnisdale, Valentine's death was commemorated on the Glenelg War Memorial. Fleming's elder brother Peter (1907–1971) became a travel writer and married actress Celia Johnson. Peter served with the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, was later commissioned under Colin Gubbins to help establish the Auxiliary Units, and became involved in behind-the-lines operations in Norway and Greece during the war.
Ian Fleming | Birth and family
Her playing career ended in 1993 following a stroke, but she continued to teach at the Royal College of Music and Wells Cathedral School. Her notable pupils include Raphael Wallfisch. She died unmarried in 1999, peacefully in a hospital at the age of 73. "The Times" reported that "she never became complacent. She sought out the best teachers in Europe and willingly experimented with many techniques, including practising naked in front of the mirror." Her half-brother Ian Fleming, in one of his James Bond short stories "The Living Daylights", has Bond musing about a cellist he observes from his sniper's position: "There was something almost indecent in the idea of that bulbous, ungainly instrument between her splayed thighs.
Amaryllis Fleming | Later life and reputation
Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, died on 12 August 1964 of a heart attack. His brother Peter Fleming, himself also an author and occasional novelist, was a director of Glidrose Publications, the corporate entity Ian Fleming had established to administer the Bond copyright. Donald McCormick describes Peter Fleming as "level-headed" and "down-to-earth." In October 1970 a retired 73-year-old bank officer - only identified as "Mr. A." - wrote to Peter Fleming cryptically offering some "unusual" and "very pleasurable" news about Peter's late brother Ian. Mr. A. asked to meet Peter Fleming at the latter's Oxfordshire estate. Peter Fleming reluctantly agreed and so a meeting was set for the following Sunday.
Take Over (James Bond) | History
Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing. While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force.
Ian Fleming | Introduction
He died at his Los Angeles home in 2012 of respiratory complications at the age of 84.
Karl Fleming | Death
He died on 24 May 1961 aged 66.
Arthur Fleming-Sandes | Later life
McLagan died of a stroke on 3 December 2014 aged 69, at University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin.
Ian McLagan | Death
Fleming died at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, at the age of 82.
Philip Fleming (banker) | Death
On Christmas Eve 1984, Hendry died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage in London, aged 53. He was cremated and his ashes interred in the Lily Pond beds at the Golders Green Crematorium.
Ian Hendry | Death
He died at Bath, 31 March 1751. A tablet with medallion portrait was erected to his memory in Westminster Abbey.
James Fleming (British Army officer) | Legacy
He died of liver failure in a hospital on May 23, 2013. When his wife called Holmes' office to report his death, she did not receive any call back from Holmes, but an email from a Theranos lawyer requesting she immediately return Gibbons' company laptop and any confidential information he might have had.
Ian Gibbons (biochemist) | Death
He died on 16 October 2018 in Sydney at the age of 78. He is survived by his daughters Sally and Pip and son Jack.
Ian Kiernan | Death
Ian Fleming took these aspects for his "M" from the James Bond novels. In 1914, he was involved in a serious road accident in France in which his son was killed. Legend has it that to escape the car wreck he was forced to amputate his own leg using a pen knife. Hospital records have shown, however, that while both his legs were broken, his left foot was amputated only the day after the accident. Later he often told all sorts of fantastic stories as to how he lost his leg and would shock people by interrupting meetings in his office by suddenly stabbing his artificial leg with a knife, letter opener or fountain pen.
Mansfield Smith-Cumming | Pre-1914
Fleming died at the age of 91 at a retirement home in Manteno, Illinois on April 1, 2014.
King Fleming | Death
Ian Fleming (1908–1964) was a British author, creator of James Bond. Ian Fleming may also refer to:
Ian Fleming (disambiguation) | Introduction
He died in 1933 and is buried in St. Bartholomew's Church in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire. His will was proven on 8 September, with his estate amounting to £2,174,803 15s. 10d. (roughly equivalent to £ in ).
Robert Fleming (financier) | Death
He died in London on 17 May 1829. A revised obituary was written by botanist James Britten in 1916 which resolved confusion with John Fleming (1785-1857).
John Fleming (Gatton and Saltash MP) | Life
Between January and March 1952, the journalist Ian Fleming wrote "Casino Royale", his first novel, at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica. Fleming conducted research for "Live and Let Die", and completed the novel before "Casino Royale" was published in January 1953, four months before his second book was published. Fleming and his wife Ann flew to New York before taking the Silver Meteor train to St. Petersburg in Florida and then flying on to Jamaica. In doing so, they followed the same train route Fleming had taken with his friend Ivar Bryce in July 1943, when Fleming had first visited the island.
Live and Let Die (novel) | Background
On a brief visit to New York in December 1915, Cheshire was stricken by paralysis brought on by a stroke. Although his physicians thought recovery possible, he was advised to give up his government appointed post in China. Never fully recovering from his stroke, Fleming D. Cheshire died in a New York hospital on June 13, 1922. He is interred at Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY.
Fleming D. Cheshire | Final years and death
Charteris was noted for his beauty in youth and later was gauntly handsome. He died of cancer on 20 December 1970, at his home, The Grange, Elvington, Yorkshire, and was buried in St Helen's churchyard, Skipwith, York. His widow, Virginia Charteris, never re-married and died aged 90 in 2012. She was interred next to her husband. In 1952 his sister Ann Fleming married Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels; she had earlier been married to Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere. His grandmother, Mary Constance Wyndham, was immortalised by John Singer Sergeant in "", 1899.
Hugo Charteris | Personal life
After the death of his brother Ian, Peter Fleming served on the board of Glidrose, Ltd, the company purchased by Ian to hold the literary rights to his professional writing, particularly the James Bond novels and short stories. Peter also tried to become a substitute father for Ian's surviving son, Caspar, who overdosed on narcotics in his twenties. Peter and Celia Fleming remained married until his death in 1971. He was survived by their three children: Peter Fleming was the godfather of the British author and journalist Duff Hart-Davis, who wrote "Peter Fleming: A Biography" (published by Jonathan Cape in 1974).
Peter Fleming (writer) | Family
Most sources record that he was killed fighting in Egypt at the age of 34, although the Charterhouse School register of former pupils records that he died in Nairn. In fact, he died of blood poisoning and kidney failure after seven weeks' illness with pneumonia which developed after a cold he suffered when playing golf.
James F. M. Prinsep | Death
Plomer liked it and submitted it to the publishers, Jonathan Cape, who did not like it as much. Cape finally published it in 1953 on the recommendation of Fleming's older brother Peter, an established travel writer. Between 1953 and 1966, two years after his death, twelve novels and two short-story collections were published, with the last two books – "The Man with the Golden Gun" and "Octopussy and The Living Daylights" – published posthumously. All the books were published in the UK through Jonathan Cape.
James Bond | Ian Fleming novels
By January 1956, Ian Fleming had published three novels—"Casino Royale" in 1953, "Live and Let Die" in 1954 and "Moonraker" in 1955. A fourth, "Diamonds Are Forever", was being edited and prepared for production. That month Fleming travelled to his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica to write "From Russia, with Love". He followed his usual practice, which he later outlined in "Books and Bookmen" magazine: "I write for about three hours in the morning ... and I do another hour's work between six and seven in the evening. I never correct anything and I never go back to see what I have written ...
From Russia, with Love (novel) | Background and writing history
Fleming died suddenly on 7 August 1613 at Stoneham Park in Hampshire, having given to his servants and farm-labourers what was known in Hampshire as a "hearing day." After joining in the festivities, he went to bed, apparently in sound health, but was taken suddenly ill, and died before morning. He was buried in St. Nicolas' Church, North Stoneham, where a stately monument records the numerous successes of his career. Known locally as the "Floating Flemings", it is ornamented with recumbent whole length figures of Fleming in his robes, with his official insignia, and his wife, with ruff and hood, and the singular waist favoured by ladies of the Tudor era.
Thomas Fleming (judge) | Death
He died of tuberculosis in May 1921
James Firth | Death
Fleming, who never married, was organist, lay preacher, secretary and reader at the Canonmills Baptist church in Edinburgh. After a long illness he died in St Columba's Hospice in Edinburgh on the night of Sunday 18 April 2010.
Tom Fleming (actor) | Personal life and death
Major Valentine Fleming (17 February 1882 – 20 May 1917) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament who was killed in World War I. He was the father of authors Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming who created the James Bond character.
Valentine Fleming | Introduction
In Bond, he created a Bulldog Drummond for the jet age." Umberto Eco considered Mickey Spillane to have been another major influence. In May 1963 Fleming wrote a piece for "Books and Bookmen" magazine in which he described his approach to writing Bond books: "I write for about three hours in the morning ... and I do another hour's work between six and seven in the evening. I never correct anything and I never go back to see what I have written ... By following my formula, you write 2,000 words a day." Benson identified what he described as the "Fleming Sweep", the use of "hooks" at the end of chapters to heighten tension and pull the reader into the next.
Ian Fleming | Style and technique
Fleming was acutely aware of the loss of British prestige in the 1950s and early 60s, particularly during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, when he had Tanaka accuse Britain of throwing away the empire "with both hands". Black points to the defections of four members of MI6 to the Soviet Union as having a major impact on how Britain was viewed in US intelligence circles. The last of the defections was that of Kim Philby in January 1963, while Fleming was still writing the first draft of "You Only Live Twice". The briefing between Bond and M is the first time in the twelve books that Fleming acknowledges the defections.
Ian Fleming | Britain's position in the world
I understand there is no difficulty in obtaining corpses at the Naval Hospital, but, of course, it would have to be a fresh one."
Ian Fleming | Second World War
Ian Watkin died of cancer on 18 May 2016, aged 76.
Ian Watkin | Death
Ian MacLennan's wife of 67 years, London-born Nina Olive MacLennan (née Barry) who was "familiar with the Bible as with Shakespeare" died on 17 May 2013, aged 97. He himself died on 6 November 2013, survived by his two children.
Ian Roy MacLennan | Death
Having experienced two years of minor heart troubles, Richmond died at his home in Oxford on 5 October 1965. He was 63 at the time of his sudden death. His funeral was held on 8 October 1965 at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.
Ian Richmond | Death
Sutherland collapsed from a heart attack whilst waiting for a train at Bond Street tube station, London. He was taken to the Westminster Hospital but later died aged 61. His wife, Jeanne survives him and has written a fascinating account as a Diplomat's wife during the Cold War, "From Moscow to Cuba and Beyond: A Diplomatic Memoir of the Cold War" and also the significant changes during the educational reforms in the last years of the Soviet Union and afterwards in the Russian Federation.
Iain Sutherland (diplomat) | Death
He was then taken to another cell, where he may have again been belted and beaten. He was found dead around 8:30 p.m. The cause of death was given as a stroke caused by heat and effort.
Albert Aernoult | Death
He died in London on 27 March 1941.
Stewart Macpherson | Introduction
He died in Bowral from cancer on 16 November 2014.
Ian Craig | After cricket
Broccoli died at his home in Beverly Hills in 1996 at the age of 87 of heart failure. He had undergone a triple heart bypass earlier that year. He was interred in an ornate sarcophagus in the outdoor Courts of Remembrance section, at Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles following a Funeral Mass at The Church of the Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills. In recognition of Broccoli's insistence that every James Bond film produced by EON should bear the name of the character's creator, Ian Fleming, in the opening credits (even when the film contained no real connection to any Fleming novel, apart from the titular character), it was decided by his surviving family that all subsequent Bond films should bear Broccoli's name.
Albert R. Broccoli | Death
McKinnel died of a heart attack in London on 29 March 1933, aged 62.
Norman McKinnel | Death
Allan died on 28 June 2015, one day short of his 93rd birthday.
Ian Allan (publisher) | Death
He died at Bondi, New South Wales on 12 December 1975, 41 days short of his 63rd birthday.
Harry Pierce | Death
On the morning of 29 January, at the age of 63, he died at the Berri Hospital, South Australia after a brief battle with cancer. His family was by his side.
Ian Abdulla | Death
After being diagnosed with cancer, he died on 6 August 2001.
Ian Ousby | Introduction
Fleming's brothers Adam and William were both footballers. He served as a lance corporal in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders during the First World War and died of pneumonia at Richmond Camp on 21 March 1916. Fleming was buried in Inveresk Parish Churchyard.
John Fleming (footballer, born 1889) | Personal life
Double Or Die is the third novel in the Young Bond series depicting Ian Fleming's superspy James Bond as a teenager in the 1930s. The novel, written by Charlie Higson, was released in the United Kingdom by Puffin Books on 4 January 2007. A special hardcover "Limited Collector's Edition" was released as a Waterstones Bookstore exclusive on 25 October 2007. The title was announced on 3 January 2007 at the official book launch at Waterstone's in Piccadilly, London. The alternative titles which were available for the public to vote for were "N.E.M.E.S.I.S." and "The Deadlock Cipher".
Double or Die | Introduction
Fleming died in Augusta on June 9, 1944 and was buried in that city's Summerville Cemetery.
William Henry Fleming | Death
After Ian Fleming's death, Glidrose Productions commissioned Jenkins to write a James Bond novel in 1966. Jenkins claimed that he and Fleming together developed a diamond-smuggling storyline in 1957. After a long period of negotiation, during which Ann Fleming (Ian's widow) raised several objections to the idea of a continuation novel, Jenkins finished the manuscript for Glidrose entitled "Per Fine Ounce", but it was rejected. The novel is believed lost, except for 18 pages now in the hands of Jenkins' son David. Two pages have been released to the public and were exclusively published by the James Bond website MI6-HQ.com.
Geoffrey Jenkins | James Bond
He died in 1701.
Daniel Fleming (antiquary) | Life
After the publication of "Casino Royale", Fleming used his annual holiday at his house in Jamaica to write another "Bond" story; in total, between 1953 and 1966, two years after his death, twelve "Bond" novels and two short-story collections were published, with the last two books—"The Man with the Golden Gun" and "Octopussy and The Living Daylights"—published posthumously.
List of James Bond novels and short stories | Ian Fleming
Wooldridge died from cancer. His memorial service was at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London on Wednesday 27 July 2007. Hugh McIlvanney, in "The Sunday Times", wrote: It is an honour to have worked in the same era as Ian Wooldridge, a precious privilege to have known him as a friend for more than 40 years. Though he would have snorted at the suggestion, he repeatedly pulled off the minor miracle of making our way of getting a living seem like a proper job for a grown-up person.
Ian Wooldridge | Death and legacy
Fleming died at Bottesford, Leicestershire, on 18 September 1607, while on a visit to his brother Samuel, the rector of that parish, and was buried under the chancel inside the church. Despite Fleming's humble origins, his coffin was interred with those of the earls of Rutland. A memorial plaque bearing an epitaph poem written by Fleming marks the approximate site. He was survived by his brother Reverend Samuel Fleming and his sister Hester. Perhaps Fleming's greatest legacy is the fifty known books that he wrote, translated or contributed to.
Abraham Fleming | Life
Hamilton died on 12 October 1947, aged 94, at his home at Hyde Park Gardens in London. His body was buried at Kilmadock Cemetery, in Doune, Stirlingshire, Scotland. In 2013, his grave was found to have fallen into a semi-derelict condition, and it was refurbished by Stirling Council.
Ian Hamilton (British Army officer) | Death
The original creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming, died in the early morning of 12 August 1964, eight months before the publication of "The Man with the Golden Gun". After his death, Glidrose Productions (now Ian Fleming Publications) held the rights to Fleming's works. The company decided to publish two short stories, "Octopussy" and "The Living Daylights", on 23 June 1966. As the Bond character could not be copyrighted, and to retain rights in the Bond product, Glidrose decided to commission a sequel. Initially the company approached author James Leasor to write a continuation novel, but he declined. Glidrose then commissioned Amis, who wrote "Colonel Sun".
Colonel Sun | Background
Powrie died on 5 October 2011 in Perth, Australia.
Ian Powrie | Death
In 2001 MacNaughton suffered extensive injuries in a car accident while returning to his home in Munich, Germany from the first night of a translation of Alan Ayckbourn's play "Seasons Greetings" in Hall, Austria. He eventually died from these injuries on 10 December 2002.
Ian MacNaughton | Death
Williams died at some point in the 1990s. While several early Internet sources listed September 1992 as a possible date of death, none of them have remained definitive in this assertion (in addition to inaccurately listing his year of birth as "1953"), and most other sources, including the Social Security Death Index, list his death as February 15, 1998. Anecdotal comments and speculation on the web have attributed his death to causes ranging from a "long illness" to "suicide." In context of a musical on Williams' life (see next section) The New McCree Theatre stated that Fleming Williams actually committed suicide in 1998.
Fleming Williams | Death
He died at his home, in South Melbourne, on 28 June 1967.
Con Doherty | Death
He was an influence on the young John Shand Kydd. In the 1960's he bought Flemings Hall in Bedingfield, Suffolk and undertook a major restoration. He lived there until his death. Despite reducing the number of commissions he undertook in his later years, McBean continued to work selectively on projects such as French magazine "L'Officiel" and "French Vogue" (1983). In 1990 McBean fell ill whilst on holiday in Morocco, and after returning to England he died at Ipswich Heath Road Hospital on his eighty-sixth birthday.
Angus McBean | End of career and death
He died at his Bondi Beach home on 23 December 1968 aged 47.
Roy Hasson | Death
It was subsequently found that he died of cyanide poisoning and the case was officially declared a murder-suicide ostensibly sparked by pressure from the family's alleged financial problems.
Ian Stuart Spiro | Murders
During his lifetime Fleming sold thirty million books; double that number were sold in the two years following his death. In 2008 "The Times" ranked Fleming fourteenth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2002 Ian Fleming Publications announced the launch of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award, presented by the Crime Writers' Association to the best thriller, adventure or spy novel originally published in the UK. The Eon Productions series of Bond films, which started in 1962 with "Dr. No", continued after Fleming's death. Along with two non-Eon produced films, there have been twenty four Eon films, with the most recent, "Spectre", released in October 2015.
Ian Fleming | Legacy
He died in Mayfair, London, in March 1926, aged 61.
Ernest Soares | Death
He died 20 August 1980 at Treliske Hospital, Truro
A. K. Hamilton Jenkin | Death
In his retirement, he lived in North London and then Sussex, but health problems slowed down his scholarly output. He died on 16 September 2011, leaving a widow, the conductor Sian Edwards, and their son, and five children from his first marriage to Gill Turner.
Ian Kemp | Life and work
His interest and talent for writing stemmed from his close personal friendship with the late British author Ian Fleming. Cohen was married to Irena Cohen (née Kankova) from 1953 until his death, and they had three children: Anthony, James, and Anna-Lisa. He died at the age of 97 years, 10 months, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Albert D. Cohen | Introduction
His 1957 book on poker, "Education of a Poker Player", which combined poker stories with the math behind the poker strategies, sold well. When it was published in the UK in 1959, Ian Fleming was asked to write a preface. Another book of cryptographic memoirs, "The Chinese Black Chamber", about his work in China, was declassified and published in 1983. In August 1958, Yardley died in Washington, D.C., nearly a week after having a major stroke. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Grave 429-1 of Section 30.
Herbert Yardley | Later life
In the late 1950s the author Geoffrey Jenkins had suggested to Fleming that he write a Bond novel set in South Africa, and sent him his own idea for a plot outline which, according to Jenkins, Fleming felt had great potential. After Fleming's death, Jenkins was commissioned by Bond publishers Glidrose Productions to write a continuation Bond novel, "Per Fine Ounce", but it was never published. Starting with Kingsley Amis's "Colonel Sun", under the pseudonym "Robert Markham" in 1968, several authors have been commissioned to write Bond novels, including Sebastian Faulks, who was asked by Ian Fleming Publications to write a new Bond novel in observance of what would have been Fleming's 100th birthday in 2008.
Ian Fleming | Legacy
Ian Moffitt died on 1 November 2000.
Ian Moffitt | Personal
He finished work on the manuscript in just over a month, completing it on 18 March 1952. Describing the work as his "dreadful oafish opus", Fleming showed it to an ex-girlfriend, Clare Blanchard, who advised him not to publish it at all, but that if he did so, it should be under another name. Despite that advice, Fleming went on to write a total of twelve Bond novels and two short story collections; he died on the morning of 12 August 1964. The last two books—"The Man with the Golden Gun" and "Octopussy and The Living Daylights"—were published posthumously.
James Bond (literary character) | Fleming's concept of Bond
At the time of his death, he was walking across London's financial district in an effort to reach the Lindsey Hotel, his way hampered at several points by police lines. The route he took was his usual way home from a newspaper stand on Fish Street Hill outside Monument tube station, where he worked with a friend, Barry Smith.
Death of Ian Tomlinson | Ian Tomlinson
Regardless of the actual cause of death, most sources agree that a major contributing factor was a lengthy battle with drug abuse.
Fleming Williams | Death
Croker Fleming died on 21 August 2019 at the age of 84.
Norma Croker | Death
Her death in 1980 was registered in the Barnet district of North London.
Joan Fleming | Family background and early life
Live and Let Die is the second novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories, which is set in London, the United States and Jamaica. It was first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 5 April 1954. Fleming wrote the novel at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica before his first book, "Casino Royale", was published; much of the background came from Fleming's travel in the US and knowledge of Jamaica. The story centres on Bond's pursuit of "Mr Big", a criminal who has links to the American criminal network, the world of voodoo and SMERSH—an arm of the Soviet secret service—all of which are threats to the First World.
Live and Let Die (novel) | Introduction
Ian Smith was reported to have been devastated by the news and not to have recovered from it either mentally or physically. Alec Smith was described by someone who knew him later in his life as follows:
Alec Smith | Death
John Clive died after a short illness on 14 October 2012 in England aged 79.
John Clive | Death
Fleming was killed in a crash on February 16, 1956, while serving as a supervisor on a routine training flight. Around seven hours after taking off from Castle Air Force Base in a B-52 Stratofortress, a turbine wheel of the right forward alternator broke apart and punctured a cell of the forward body fuel tank. The resulting leak spilled fuel into the lower crew compartment and ignited a blaze that ultimately downed the bomber. Three died in the crash/explosion that resulted, and Fleming, the fourth casualty, lost his life when he bailed out of the flaming craft. Fire damage to his parachute prevented its proper deployment as he fell to Earth.
Patrick D. Fleming | Death
He died from renal and spinal cancer on 7 December 2016.
Ian Cartwright | Career
Ian Fleming wrote "The Man with the Golden Gun" at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica in January and February 1964, completing it by the beginning of March. His health affected him badly during the writing process and he dropped from his usual rate of two thousand words a morning to a little over an hour's worth of work a day. As with his previous novels, Fleming used events from his past as elements in his novel. Whilst at Kitzbühel in the 1930s, Fleming's car, a Standard Tourer, had been struck by a train at a level crossing and he had been dragged fifty yards down the track.
The Man with the Golden Gun (novel) | Background
He died there at the age of 51.
Alexander McNevin | Introduction
He died in Montagu Square in London on 5 March 1864.
Leonard Horner | Death
Richardson died in his sleep of a heart attack on the morning of 9 February 2007, aged 72. He was survived by his wife, Maroussia Frank, an actress, and two sons, one of whom, Miles, is an actor. Richardson's body was cremated. His ashes were placed in the foundation of the auditorium of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford during renovations in 2008.
Ian Richardson | Death
Fleming had first mentioned to friends during the war that he wanted to write a spy novel, an ambition he achieved within two months with "Casino Royale". He started writing the book at Goldeneye on 17 February 1952, gaining inspiration from his own experiences and imagination. He claimed afterwards that he wrote the novel to distract himself from his forthcoming wedding to the pregnant Charteris, and called the work his "dreadful oafish opus". His manuscript was typed in London by Joan Howe (mother of travel writer Rory MacLean), and Fleming's red-haired secretary at "The Times" on whom the character Miss Moneypenny was partially based.
Ian Fleming | 1950s
During World War II, Ian Fleming had mentioned to friends that he wanted to write a spy novel, but it was not until 17 February 1952 that he began to write his first novel, "Casino Royale". He started writing his book at his Jamaican home Goldeneye, typing out 2,000 words in the morning, directly from his own experiences and imagination; he finished work on the manuscript in just over two months, completing it on 18 March 1952. Publishers Jonathan Cape were initially reluctant to publish the book, but were persuaded by Fleming's brother Peter (1907–1971), who had previously published material through them.
List of James Bond novels and short stories | Ian Fleming
He died in Clapham, South London from an abscess on the lung. During his final illness he received a letter sent from Marlborough House which read: "Dear Sir—The Prince of Wales much regrets to hear that you have been seriously indisposed. His Royal Highness desires me to express his earnest hope that you health may be restored and that your friends may soon be able to welcome you back to The Oval. Yours faithfully, Arthur Bigge." Bobby Abel was his closest friend in cricket and on Craig's death he took the responsibility for arranging his funeral, which many well-known cricketers attended.
Albert Craig (rhymester) | Death
Fraser died of cancer at his home in Los Angeles, California, on October 31, 2014. He was 81.
Ian Fraser (composer) | Death
He died in Sydney at the age of 87.
James William Maddin | Introduction
He died in 2009 at Ayr Hospital and was cremated.
Iain Cuthbertson | Personal life
He died on 19 February 1934.
James Howson | Introduction
The reviewer for "The Daily Telegraph" felt that "the book is continually exciting, whether it takes us into the heart of Harlem or describes an underwater swim in shark-infested waters; and it is more entertaining because Mr Fleming does not take it all too seriously himself". George Malcolm Thompson, writing in "The Evening Standard", believed "Live and Let Die" to be "tense; ice-cold, sophisticated; Peter Cheyney for the carriage trade". Writing in "The New York Times", Anthony Boucher—a critic described by Fleming's biographer, John Pearson, as "throughout an avid anti-Bond and an anti-Fleming man"—thought that the "high-spots are all effectively described ...
Live and Let Die (novel) | Critical reception