The cause of Tanya Roberts’ death was revealed by her publicist, shortly after it was confirmed that she had died after a premature announcement.
The star of A vision to kill and This 70’s program he died at the age of 65 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California, on Monday night (January 6).
His representative Mike Pingel said Subway that the cause of his death was “a urinary tract infection that spread to his kidneys, gallbladder, liver and then the bloodstream”.
Pingel said an online memorial for Roberts would be announced soon. Instead of flowers, her family asked for donations on her behalf to the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).
Roberts’ longtime partner, Lance O’Brien, gave an explanation on Tuesday, January 5, about how his death was announced prematurely.
Speaking for Page SixO’Brien explained that the communication failure occurred after “babbling” to Roberts’ representative over the phone about an “end of life” visit with her at the hospital.
“He said, ‘What happened?’ And I say, ‘I just said goodbye to Tanya and I was able to see her beautiful eyes one last time.’ And after that, I’m just crying, ”said O’Brien.
Insisting that he did not want to blame his publicist “in any way, shape or form”, O’Brien said he really believed that Roberts had died.
At that point, doctors removed her from life support and informed her that “there was no chance” that she would survive.
Tanya Roberts on the set of A View to a Kill
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Born Victoria Leigh Blum, Roberts had a career as a model and television ads before appearing in the 1975 horror film Forced entry.
Her most famous role was as Stacey Sutton, an American geologist who becomes the target of villain Max Zorin (Christopher Walken), in Roger Moore’s last film about Bond A vision to kill.
She later said that she believed there was a “curse” attached to the role of Bond girl, telling the Daily Mail in 2015 that she suggested to her agent: “Nobody ever works after getting a Bond movie.”
However, she did succeed in a series of television appearances, including a year as Julie Rogers in ABC’s fifth season. Charlie’s Angels, and the recurring role of Donna’s mother, Midge Pinciotti, in This 70s show.