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James Bond star Michael Lonsdale has died aged 89

The Moonraker villain, who played Hugo Drax in the 1979 film, passed away at his home in Paris

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James Bond star Michael Lonsdale has died aged 89.

The Moonraker villain, who played Hugo Drax in the 1979 film, passed away at his home in Paris, his agent Olivier Loiseau confirmed on Monday.

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Lonsdale played an industrialist planning to poison all of humanity before repopulating the planet from his space station opposite Bond icon Sir Roger Moore.

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