The legendary Bond girl and star of "Charlie's Angels" and "That '70s Show" Tanya Roberts died Sunday, January 3 at age 65.

UPDATE: Monday afternoon, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/04/tanya-roberts-still-alive-rep-saying-shes-dead-70s-show-bond-girl/" target="_blank">TMZ</a> reported that Tanya Roberts is actually alive, despite receiving word from both her husband&nbsp;and publicist that she has passed. It is unclear how this miscommunication occured or why Roberts&#39; loved ones believed her to be dead.

Tanya Roberts, the star of the original <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/luis-gerardo-mendez-charlies-angels" target="_blank">Charlie&#39;s Angels</a> TV show, died on Sunday, January 3 at the&nbsp;Cedar-Sinar Hospital in Los Angeles. The actress reportedly collapsed on Christmas Eve while walking her dog before being admitted to the hospital and put on a ventilator. According to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/03/tanya-roberts-dead-dies-sheena-that-70s-show-bond-girl/" target="_blank">TMZ</a>, her death was not linked to COVID-19, and she did not show signs of illness in the days preceding her passing. An exact cause of death has not been determined at this time.

Roberts&#39; death was announced by her publicist Mike Pingel via a post on a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Tanya.Roberts.Official" target="_blank">Facebook fan page</a> for the actress. It read, &quot;I&#39;m very sad to have to post this. Yes, Tanya passed away today. I&#39;m heart broken.&quot;

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In her lengthy career, Roberts was most famous for her work in the 1970s as an model and actress,&nbsp;having posed for <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/jared-leto-sigraet-hugh-hefnera" target="_blank">Playboy</a> and starred in films like&nbsp;Sheena and The Beastmaker. Considered a <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/worlds-most-beautiful-women-bella-hadid-beyonce-audrey-hepburn" target="_blank">sex symbol</a> of the decade, she is notably among&nbsp;the ranks of other Bond girls such as <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/golden-globes-best-looks" target="_blank">Halle Berry</a>, Jane Seymour, and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/anya-taylor-joy-movies-the-queens-gambit-netflix" target="_blank">Rosamund Pike</a> as a result of her role as Stacey Sutton in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/men/sean-connery-death-james-bond-style" target="_blank">James Bond</a> film A View to Kill.

In later years, many knew Roberts for her character Midge&nbsp;Pinciotti, the mother of Donna (Laura Prepon) in That&nbsp;&#39;70s Show alongside <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/best-new-years-movies-to-stream" target="_blank">Ashton Kutcher</a> and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop%20culture/ballet-trend-on-pointe-tiny-pretty-things-netflix-dance-show" target="_blank">Mila Kunis</a>. However, she left the series to care for her ailing husband, Barry Roberts, who died in 2006. The couple was married for 32 years. They had no children.

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