Model for James Bond dies
( 2003-10-17 14:21) (Agencies)
The supposed model for secret
agent James Bond, a British war hero who could ski backwards and navigate midget
submarines, has died at 90, according to reports Wednesday.
Patrick Dalzel-Job served with Bond creator Ian Fleming in the Royal Navy
during World War II, during which Dalzel-Job¡¯s exploits ¡ª worthy of Bond¡¯s
extravagant adventures ¡ª could have served as a model for agent 007.
¡°I was Bond, it¡¯s true. I worked with Ian Fleming during the last war. We led
a team of Royal Marines through enemy lines and he later told me he used me as a
role model for Bond,¡± Dalzel-Job once said, according to The Times newspaper.
Sent to Norway during the war where he was told not to get involved with
civilians, he evacuated an entire village which was threatened by Nazi reprisal
bombings. He saved 4,500 lives and received Norway¡¯s highest award from the king
of Norway.
But similarities between Dalzel-Job and the notoriously seductive secret
agent 007 ended when it came to women. ¡°I have only loved one woman,¡± he said
after the death of his wife in the 1980s.
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