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'A gorgeous, model of a man – I was there as he slipped away without a fuss': Sean Connery's widow Micheline reveals the final moments of the Bond star whose wit and charm defined an era as he dies aged 90

The wife of screen legend Sir Sean Connery, who has died at the age of 90, last night paid an emotional tribute to her 'gorgeous model of a man'. Revealing how his final months were blighted by dementia, Micheline, who was married to the Oscar-winning star for 45 years, said: 'It was no life for him. He was not able to express himself latterly. At least he died in his sleep and it was just so peaceful. I was with him all the time and he just slipped away. It was what he wanted. 'He had dementia and it took its toll on him. He got his final wish to slip away without any fuss.' The 91-year-old Moroccan-French painter, who met the Scot in 1970 at a golf tournament and became his second wife, added: 'He was gorgeous and we had a wonderful life together. He was a model of a man. It is going to be very hard without him, I know that. But it could not last for ever and he went peacefully.' Sir Sean's death brings one of most extraordinary lives in recent British

'Fishermen will be raped': Pauline Hanson's furious chief of staff hits out after the party's vote crumbled in the Queensland election - and helped Anastasia Palaczuk win a third term

One Nation's general secretary James Ashby warned Queensland fishermen will be 'raped and pillaged' in a bizarre TV interview following Annastacia Palaszczuk's state election win.  One Nation suffered a major blow with polling suggesting Pauline Hanson's party will take home just 7.4 per cent of the primary vote - down by six per cent from the 2017 election. Analysts say One Nation's collapse helped Ms Palaszczuk to victory as the Labor leader became the first woman to win three consecutive terms in office in the Sunshine State. A visibly disappointed Mr Ashby told ABC News the party had suffered a 'bit of a haircut' and warned regional Queensland residents would suffer the most because of a Labor win.   'The bush is missing out and I tell you what, under this Palaszczuk Government they're going to miss out even worse and it will be the farmers that will suffer and it will be you down in the southeast corner that will suffer most because your f

Donald Trump says the only 'good thing' about testing for COVID is it proved he and Melania live together as he debuts spooky new Halloween ad bashing Biden and Harris and attacks rival's 'plastic surgery'

President Donald Trump said the 'only good thing' that happened when he and first lady Melania Trump caught the coronavirus is that there's no question whether they live together.   At his second Pennsylvania stop Saturday, in Reading, he made the quip about his marriage, while debuting a Halloween attack ad against Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and floated that Biden, the former vice president, had gotten plastic surgery.    'Our great first lady tested positive,' he told the crowd, which was bigger than his audience earlier in Newtown. 'Well, at least those rumors that we don't live together turned out to be false.  President Donald Trump speaks to supporters in Reading, Pennsylvania Saturday, his second of four rallies he's holding in the Keystone State  At his Reading rally, Trump said the only 'good thing' to come out of his COVID-19 scare was that people no longer believe he doesn't live with first lady Melania Trump, who got th