Game Of Thrones star Diana Rigg dies at 82

11th September 2020: British actress Diana Rigg has died at the age of 82.

According to reports of Baaghi TV, the actress who starred in the famous series ‘Game Of Thrones’ and ‘Avengers’ has died yesterday at the age of 82.

Diana Rigg, the Tony and Emmy winner who got fame for her commanding role as an intelligence agent Emma Peel on ‘The Avengers’ in the 1960s and played Lady Olenna Tyrell on ‘Game of Thrones’ decades later, died Thursday at her home in England.

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She also played Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, or Tracy Bond, James Bond’s first and only wife to date, in the 1969 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, according to The Guardian.

Confirming her death, her agent said that Rigg had died “peacefully” on Thursday morning, adding that she had been “at home with her family who has asked for privacy at this difficult time”.

Her daughter, the actor Rachael Stirling, said Rigg had been diagnosed with cancer in March and had “spent her last months joyfully reflecting on her extraordinary life, full of love, laughter and deep pride in her profession. I will miss her beyond words.”

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Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg was born near Doncaster in 1938. She spent part of her childhood in India, where her father worked as a railway executive.

Prior to ‘The Avengers’, she enjoyed a successful theatre career performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. However, she is best known as Emma Peel in ‘The Avengers’, having appeared in 51 episodes of the hit spy series between 1965 and 1968.

British actress Diana Rigg is Emma Peel, on the set of the TV Series The Avengers, created by Sydney Newman. (Photo by ABC Weekend Television/Associated British Corporation/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

Natalie Dormer, who played the role of her on-screen granddaughter Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones, said: “It was a great privilege to work with an actor of such talent, range and experience. Diana was an inspiring force with a wicked sense of humour and sharp intellect. I am grateful for the times I shared either a screen or a bottle of champagne with her.”

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