Game Of Throne: Diana Rigg Dies After Battling With Cancer

Award-winning British actress Diana Rigg, who starred in the popular series ‘Game of Thrones’ has died at the age of 82.

According to Diana’s daughter, actress Rachael Stirling, she said: “My Beloved Ma died peacefully in her sleep early this morning, at home, surrounded by family.

“She died of cancer diagnosed in March and 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”.

Recall that Diana Rigg is best known as a Bond girl in the film ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’

Most recently, Rigg played fan-favorite Olenna Tyrell on Game of Thrones from 2013 to 2015. The character went down in GoT history after she admitted to poisoning hideous King Joffrey just before being killed herself. 

She was Emmy-nominated for guest actress in a drama for her work on the show three consecutive years.

Despite her extensive stage experience, Rigg was perhaps best-known for her star-making role in The Avengers in 1965. There’s hardly a male baby boomer alive whose heart didn’t beat faster at the sight of Emma Peel, her whip-smart, cat-suited character in the mod espionage classic.

She was also the only Bond girl to marry 007 – getting hitched to George Lazenby in Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

But Rigg – who played Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo – was killed just moments after the wedding.

Later in her career, she appeared in ITV’s Victoria and was most recently seen playing Mrs. Pumphrey in Channel 5’s new adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small.

She was born in Doncaster in 1938 and began her acting career in theatre with roles in Royal Shakespeare Company productions in the early 1960s.

The iconic actress was made a Dame in the 1994 Birthday Honours for her services to drama.

And she won the best actress Bafta TV award for her role in Mother Love in 1990.