Rambling on about … 007 and COVID’s sad toll
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This article was published 03/01/2021 (883 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
So I created a little stir on Facebook when I happened to comment that Sean Connery was and always would be the only real James Bond in my humble opinion.
I also said that Sir William Stephenson was Ian Fleming’s muse and inspiration for his imaginary spy novels. Further to that, the aforementioned Stephenson was originally from Winnipeg, so our province could claim that old “shaken not stirred” had prairie roots. A plethora of good information on Stephenson can be found on Wikipedia. From what I can discern, most if not all of said information rings true.
A friend from Australia brought some other information to light concerning a certain gentleman from Down Under who also had a stake in the creation of 007. I told her and some other respondents on Facebook that the only real true source would be Fleming and he ain’t talking and won’t be any time soon…
Fleming said he based his creation on individuals he met during his time in the Naval Intelligence Division, and admitted that Bond “was a compound of all the secret agents and commando types I met during the war.”
The Australian James Bond was Dušan (Duško) Popov and he also has a Wikipedia entry.
Personally, I couldn’t care less where Fleming got his inspirations, I have enjoyed the Bond franchise immensely.
The past year will obviously be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic, but I believe 2021 will see much more of the pandemic, sadly.
Sean Connery didn’t have to exit this mortal coil alone as he was accompanied by way too many others due to the pandemic, and I mean here the innocents who succumbed to this unholy virus … not just celebrities, but the elderly, the not so elderly, the frontline caregivers, the ill/infirm shut-ins … far too many.
There were, of course, many more celebrities who died in 2020 from a variety of causes, natural, pandemic-related and other, but I will simply end here by honouring all to those who lost loved ones to COVID-19, the virus that is long overdue to be rambling on…
Weldon Rinn lives, writes, and enjoys living in St. Vital. He can be reached at weldonrinn2@gmail.com
Weldon Rinn
St. Vital community correspondent
Weldon Rinn lives, writes, and enjoys living in St. Vital. He can be reached at weldonrinn2@gmail.com