A popular Irish actor, Pierce Brosnan married actress Cassandra Harris in 1980. Divorced from Dermott Harris, the young Australian could not resist the charm of the actor and quickly agreed to become his wife. It was by visiting him on the set of Just for your eyes that Pierce Brosnan catches the eye of Albert “Cubby” Broccoli who sees in him the successor of Roger Moore in the skin of 007. When the latter leaves the franchise in 1986, Pierce Brosnan is not available. It was Timothy Dalton who then donned the costume of the famous spy until June 7, 1994, when Brosnan was officially named as the 5th actor to play James Bond.
Cassandra Harris, Pierce Brosnan’s first wife, dies after a long illness
A consecration for the actor who has just gone through a terrible ordeal. In 1991, his wife Cassandra Harris died of ovarian cancer, disappeared after eleven years of fighting. A painful ordeal for the actor who becomes a widower while he is on the rise in his career. The 43-year-old mother leaves behind three children, including two from her previous union with Dermott Harris, whom Pierce Brosnan legally adopted after the death of their biological father in 1986.
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Who is Pierce Brosnan’s second wife?
Fortunately, some time after the disappearance of his first wife, Pierce Brosnan will find love again with an American journalist, Keely Shaye Smith. Keely Shaye Smith and Pierce Brosnan met in the mid-90s and married in 2001. Keely Shaye Smith taught him to grieve, and today he is a happy and fulfilled man who lives by his side. The couple form a solid and loving duo, his wife is his unwavering support: “She has this strength that I couldn’t live without. I’m weak when she looks at me”said Pierce Brosnan about him in 2017 to the newspaper The Independent.
Charlotte, Paris, Dylan and Sean: Pierce Brosnan at the head of a small tribe
Keely Shaye Smith rose to prominence as a correspondent on NBC’s prime-time show Unsolved Mysteries between 1994 and 1997, as well as correspondent on environmental issues for the ABC channel, on the programs The Home show et Good Morning America. On the sidelines of her career as a journalist and presenter, Keely Shaye Smith also toured for a season in the series General Hospital in 1990, interpreting the role of Valérie Freeman. The couple have two children: Paris Becket and Dylan Thomas, aged 18 and 22 respectively. For his part, the actor has a son, Sean (35), born of his relationship with Cassandra Harris. Together, they also had a daughter, Charlotte, who died in 2013 of ovarian cancer, like her mother … A tragic twist of fate, from which the 65-year-old actor was able to recover thanks to love by Keely Shaye Smith. On their 17th wedding anniversary in 2018, Pierce Brosnan thanked him in a moving post on Instagram: “Thank you for the love you have given me for the past 25 years, my darling”.
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