James Bond star Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90.

The Scottish actor was the first to star as Ian Fleming's iconic character on the big screen in Dr No.

He appeared in seven of the films between 1962 and 1983, including Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again.

His career spanned from the 1950s until he announced his retirement in the 2000s, and he bagged an Oscar and two Bafta awards.

Aside from his most famous role, his other films included Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and The Hunt for Red October.

He was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film by the Queen at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.

Sean Connery's last Eon Productions' outing as the iconic spy saw him make an escape to France from the Port of Dover.

Miss Moneypenny appeared as a customs officer at the docks as Bond made his getaway to Europe in a hovercraft.

But the star had other links to Kent. Olive Young, who lived in the village of Broomfield but died five years ago, was known as being secretary to the first 007.

It was the mid-1960s, and the original Mr Bond took her under his wing.

Olive said in an interview in 2012 she had nothing but fond memories of the silver screen legend, who poached her from his agent to work as his own personal Miss Moneypenny.

After spending close to five years with the star, who went on to star in seven Bond films – but later confessed to being “fed up to here with the whole Bond bit” – she decided to marry and moved to Brighton, where she went on to have three children.

The cause of Sir Sean Connery's death has not yet been confirmed.

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