Ahhh, DD and SIL chose her recording of "At Last" as their bride and groom dance music at their wedding reception. They knew it was a song everyone seems to pick, but they felt it was just perfect for them.

It was a great TV show the whole family could watch. Thanks for the laughter, James! RIP.

Info on his website lists many European tours but makes no mention of anything in the US in the last 25 years. An obit I saw described him as "a regular on British TV". He may have been mostly known in Europe and Britain and British-influenced markets like Canada. To be honest, I think that style of music fell off the radar screens here decades ago.

I'm not excusing abuse. Just because you understand some of the conditions that create it, doesn't mean you condone it or even tolerate it. But abusers learn abuse by being abused, by not being valued or respected in their youth, at home, in school and usually early on at work. It creates a viscous cycle that is hard to break. Particularly since much of the world operates on abusive foundations. Abusers egos are fragile due to the trauma of their own abuse, which they rarely can overcome. It take a lot to break the cycle, and abusers almost always end up alone but with a string of failed marriages and business ventures behind them. Same with narcissists. The two often go together. Very hard for that kind of person to change, but it's a spectrum. Acting is the perfect place for an abusive person to hide, which is probably why so many Hollywood marriages fail. Acting is hardly the profession to tackle abusive behavior, actors are objectified and used for the ego gratification of others, which is part of the personality of abuse, not valuing others innate humanity, but using them as objects. In movie making, the actors are the puppets used to make money and that is the bottom line, will it sell. Some artists in the acting profession try to beat the system, but it is a popular system . . . FWIW, I never liked the Bond movies. Inane childish fantasies, like "gag me" silly. But that's just one gal's opinion. The best Sean Connery movie I ever saw was "Robin and Marian" and that one is pretty dark . . .try watching The Molly Maguires if you can stomach it . . . It's possible to like a person who is deeply flawed . . . from a distance. One hopes for the best for them, that they can grow spiritually, as in Christian love. One hopes for their true redemption. That's not the same thing as tolerating or condoning abuse. Expect the worst, hope for the best. Just forgiving and not giving in to hate yourself. Hating someone is a waste of energy. Sounds like Sean Connery's first wife got over it and moved on. Living well is the best revenge. We need to not idolize the abusive behaviors. Sean Connery made his fortune on glorifying low grade (silly for the most part) violence. And people ate it up. Some of his more mature movies had a more nuanced approach to battling violence. I think he was probably a complex man, not a caricature. He acted for our enjoyment, the rest we should leave to God.