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So, farewell, Sir Roger Moore. He lived to a very ripe old age of 89. He was the fourth actor to portray James Bond, 007 on film. (We are of course including the 1 appearance by David Niven in 1976: Casino Royale, spoof. It's awful by the way). After Connery and then of course, George Lazenby...(What do you mean you've forgotten George Lazenby??)...Following on from the utter car crash that turned out to be, 'On her majesty's secret service' there was a vacancy for the role of James Bond. The Producer, Albert R. Broccoli - interestingly diversion here; one quiz night about 20yrs ago we had a question; which vegetable do you associate with James Bond? The answer, obviously, is Broccoli. I was the ONLY ONE who got the question right - however, they had a short list; Jeremy Brett , Michael Billington and   Julian Glover...and one, Roger Moore! At the time famous for, The Persuaders and, more famously, he was also, The Saint. Roger Moore became Bond and he stayed Bo

For those that are aware of who I am will know I am a huge James Bond fan. One of my favourite Bond themes is from, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig's first outing as James Bond. Here it is; It is sung by a man called Chris Cornell. He died on Wednesday at the age of 52. I started listening to his band's music as a 17 year old. At the time Grunge broke into the mainstream and his seattle band, Soundgarden where at the forefront. They were the ones signed to the major label. Without Soundgarden you would not have had Nirvana, nor Pearl Jam. Chris Cornell was the creative genius behind this band and what he brought as well was his 'voice'. And what a voice it was, rasping, roaring. I can pick a Cornell song from 5 miles away just by hearing that voice. I loved that voice from the moment I heard it scream out 'Black Hole Sun', to the time last Thursday night when, after dropping off my daughter at Cubs I went for an hour and half walk in the rain until I had to