Actress Tanya Roberts still ALIVE, spokesman says, after partner thought she died Sunday
Actress Tanya Roberts is still alive, despite reports to the contrary, her rep confirmed to the Daily News.
Spokesman Mike Pingel said Roberts’ “husband” Lance thought he said goodbye for the last time Sunday, so Pingel sent out a press statement confirming Roberts’ death prematurely.
“Oh my God, he’s distraught,” Pingel said of the man he identified as Roberts’ spouse.
“He had seen Tanya, he had hugged her. I took him in for the last rites. He was very distraught. It was just a miscommunication that went horribly wrong. She’s still in the hospital, and it’s very dire,” Pingel told The News.
“After seeing her, he felt that she had passed,” Pingel said. “(Then) the doctors from Cedars Sinai called him and told him at 10 a.m. that she had not passed last night, but it is dire. Please keep her in your prayers.”
Inside Edition identified the alleged husband as Lance O’Brien, saying he was the former Bond girl’s boyfriend.
Roberts, 65, appeared in the 1985 James Bond flick “A View to a Kill” and also had roles in “Charlie’s Angels” and “That ’70s Show.”
Her death was first reported by TMZ on Sunday.
The outlet said Roberts collapsed on Christmas Eve after returning from a walk with her dogs and was placed on a ventilator.
A source told The News that Roberts is battling a viral infection unrelated to COVID-19.
