Beloved actress Tanya Roberts is alive, her rep revealed just hours after he and her husband announced she had passed away.
The representative, Mike Pingel, issued a press release on Sunday saying that Roberts – who is best known for performing alongside Roger Moore in the 1985 Bond film A View To Kill – had passed away Saturday at the age of 65.
Pingel said Roberts was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve after she collapsed in her Hollywood Hills home.
The representative said he learned the tragic news of Roberts’ death from her husband Lance O’Brien, who claimed to have visited her in the hospital before she died.
As I held her in her last moments, she opened her eyes. I got to see her beautiful eyes one last time. Tanya had the most beautiful eyes, ”O’Brien told TMZ.
But in a bizarre turn of events on Monday, Pingel told the tabloid that the hospital called O’Brien just after 10 a.m. and told him his wife was still alive.
Pingel gave little explanation for the confusion, saying only that Lance “really believed Tanya had died.”
The representative also said that Roberts’ condition is “terrible,” and told People, “Things don’t look good at the moment. Hold her in your prayers. ‘
DailyMail.com has contacted Pingel and Cedars-Sinai for clarification.
Beloved actress Tanya Roberts is still alive, her rep revealed on Monday – just hours after he and her husband announced she had passed away. Roberts is pictured in 2017
The representative, Mike Pingel (left with Roberts), issued a press release on Sunday saying the actress had passed away on Saturday at the age of 65. But in a bizarre turn of events on Monday, Pingel announced that Roberts’ husband told him she was still alive
Roberts is best known for appearing opposite Roger Moore as Stacey Sutton in the 1985 Bond film A View To Kill. She is shown in a promotional photo for the 1984 film
TMZ said it heard from several sources close to the family who claimed that O’Brien had called them with the news of Roberts’ death on Sunday.
The outlet had originally reported that Roberts collapsed after she returned home from walking her dog on December 24.
She was rushed to a hospital and placed on a ventilator, but “ never got better, ” Pingel said, adding that her “ death ” was unrelated to COVID-19.
Pingel (left with Roberts) did not explain what caused the confusion about her health condition
Before she collapsed, insiders said Roberts appeared “ perfectly healthy ” and took part in video chats with her fans.
In his original statement to TMZ, O’Brien said he should not have visited his wife in hospital due to coronavirus protocols, but staff made an exception when her condition worsened on Saturday.
O’Brien’s statement suggested he was with Roberts when she died, but apparently that was not the case.
It’s unclear when O’Brien and Roberts will tie the knot, but reports showed the couple was living together in her Hollywood Hills home.
Public records show that it was the same house Robert shared with her first husband, screenwriter Barry Roberts, who died in 2006. Tanya and Barry were married for 32 years and had no children.
Roberts looked healthy and cheerful at the end of last year. She is shown with Pingel in a recent photo
Roberts regularly uploaded photos to Instagram, including a photo showing her wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic while signing fan photos
As well as being a Bond Girl, Roberts starred in the fifth and final season of Charlie’s Angels between 1980 and 1981.
She is also famous for playing Midge Pinciotti on the hit sitcom That 70s Show, who appeared alongside Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis.
Roberts was born Victoria Leigh Blum in New York City in October 1955, before starting her career as a fashion model in her late teens.
She married Barry Roberts when she was just 19 in 1974, and began studying to become an actress at The Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen.
The leggy blonde made her screen debut in 1975’s Forced Entry.
Roberts married screenwriter Barry Roberts in 1974. She was only 19 years old at the time. The couple is pictured together in 1981
Roberts played geologist Stacey Sutton alongside Roger Moore (together above) in his seventh and final James Bond film in 1985
Roberts was chosen over 2,000 other actresses to replace Shelley Hack in the fifth and final season of Charlie’s Angels, which aired between 1980 and 1981. She is shown on the left.
In 1998 Roberts returned to the small screen to play Midge on That 70s Show. She is depicted in the first row, second from the left. The show also starred Ashton Kutcher (back row second from left) and Mila Kunis (front row third from left)
Roberts and her husband moved permanently to Los Angeles in 1977, which paid off on a grand scale three years later.
The beauty was chosen over 2,000 other actresses to replace Shelley Hack in the fifth and final season of Charlie’s Angels, which aired between 1980 and 1981.
Several years later, however, she became a worldwide sensation, when she was elevated to ‘Bondgirl’ status in A View To A Kill in 1985.
In that film, she played the sultry geologist Stacey Sutton alongside Roger Moore in his seventh and final James Bond film.
Afterwards, Roberts continued to work regularly with roles in such films as Body Slam, Twisted Justice, Purgatory and Legal Tender, written by her husband.
Roberts is best known for his performance opposite Roger Moore in the 1985 Bond film A View To Kill (pictured)
Roberts and her husband, Barry, are pictured in 1985. Barry tragically died in 2006, leaving Roberts a widow after 32 years of marriage.
In 1998 she returned to the small screen to play Midge on That 70s Show.
The popular Fox sitcom also starred Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Wilmer Valderrama and Topher Grace.
She left the show in 2004 to care for her husband who was terminally ill at the time. Two years later he died tragically.
Roberts no longer appeared in movies or TV shows after the death of her first husband.
However, at the end of last year, the beauty appeared to be looking healthy and cheerful.
She regularly uploaded photos to Instagram, including one showing wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic while signing fan photos.
Roberts is pictured with her dogs in a photo shared on her Instagram page last year. She had taken one of her fangs for a walk before returning to her Hollywood Hills home and collapsing
Roberts played the sultry geologist Stacey Sutton in the popular spy thriller