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Sean Connery

Sean Connery's cause of death has been confirmed, following his passing last month, aged 90.

According to a death certificate, obtained by TMZ, the former James Bond actor died in his sleep, with the factors listed on his death certificate given as pneumonia, respiratory failure, old age and atrial fibrillation - an irregular heart beat.

Connery passed in the early hours of 31 October at his luxurious mansion in Nassau on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas.

His wife, Micheline Roquebrune, had previously told how the actor had died peacefully in his sleep and surrounded by his family.