James Bond gives fans the slip; Roger Moore dies at 89

The "longest-serving" 007 succumbed to a short battle with cancer on Tuesday

British actor Roger Moore, who stepped into Sean Connery's shoes with great panache and delivered some memorable performances as iconic spy James Bond, has died at age 89.

The news of his passing away was revealed by his family on Tuesday. He will be interred in Monaco, Switzerland, and leaves behind his fourth wife, Kristina Tholstrup, and three children.

Though he had a string of movies prior to his donning the mantle of Bond, it was with the movie Live and Let Die that Moore made his mark in cinema. He would act in at least six more