Sean Connery's star power lasted 7 decades, from Bond to 'The Untouchables'

Sean Connery 1930-2020. Photo: AFP

Sean Connery, the Scottish-born actor who rocketed to fame as James Bond and became one of the movies' most popular and enduring international stars, has died. He was 90.

Connery was an audience favourite for more than 40 years and one of the screen's most reliable and distinctive leading men.