Sir Jackie Stewart shares emotional final moments with dying pal Sean Connery
msn.comdementia just weeks before the Bond star died in his sleep. The Formula One legend, who turns 84 next month, opens his heart in a TV documentary airing in America.
He reveals: "I saw him not too long before he died and it was a sad sight. "The show, Autopsy: The Last Hours Of?, tells how Connery struggled with dementia for more than 13 years before dying at his home in the Bahamas aged 90 in October 2020. READ MORE:Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield 'turn backs on ITV peace talks'The Hollywood star's biographer Michael Callan tells the show the screen icon's quality of life "grew really poor" in his final months.
Sir Jackie - the last friend to see Connery alive - says: "I think Sean would have preferred to slip away a wee bit earlier. "But he adds: "The nicest thing we did was see his film The Hill (a 1965 prison drama directed by Sidney Lumet) which he believed was the best he ever made. "Jackie has since founded the charity Race Against Dementia to fund pioneering research into the prevention and cure of dementia.
Jackie became close to Connery after they met in 1971 - the same year the actor starred in his sixth 007 film Diamonds Are Forever.
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