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If novel Bond had been real, when do you think he would have died?

PerdoggPerdogg
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I know this is kind of ghoulish subject, but I think IF might even think it was interesting especially after I read part Dun's "Dun on Bond" about "Per Fine Ounce".

If novel Bond had been real, when do you think he would have died? Let us assume that Bond was born in 1921

The injuries (some that I can remember) :
Testicle torture, multiple concussions - one severe, broken finger, minor burns, fugu poisoning almost resulting in death - twice, electroshock therapy - probably twice, once severe, minor cuts and gunshot wounds.

Habits:
Copious amounts of alcohol, including mixing with Benzedrine
Smoking 60-70 cigarettes a day for at least 20 years.

Health:
Registered 160/90 blood pressure, which by today's standard is high.
Prostate is probably fine.
Possible post traumatic stress syndrome at times.

I think he would have died about 1988 at 67.
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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I've read somewhere that he died battling cancer, aged 81 or something.
  • PerdoggPerdogg
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I've read somewhere that he died battling cancer, aged 81 or something.


    2012 November UK GQ had a fake obit saying he died at 91 after a brief illness.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Perdogg wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I've read somewhere that he died battling cancer, aged 81 or something.


    2012 November UK GQ had a fake obit saying he died at 91 after a brief illness.
    Is it? I remember reading it around 2010 or even beforehand.
  • PerdoggPerdogg
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Perdogg wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    I've read somewhere that he died battling cancer, aged 81 or something.


    2012 November UK GQ had a fake obit saying he died at 91 after a brief illness.
    Is it? I remember reading it around 2010 or even beforehand.

    Give us your opinion and thoughts not some one else's.
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    He died in 1970, after contracting a deadly mutated form of the clap from a kgb agent
  • dinovelvetdinovelvet
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    Died on the job. He would have kept at it with MI6 until inevitably his reflexes and skills weren't as sharp as they used to be, and a bullet from a younger villain finally gets him. Probably past the age of 60, under severe pressure to retire or take a desk job.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    In my opinion, he sacrifices himself on the last leg of an assignment, whilst the mission ending up being successful.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    In my opinion, he sacrifices himself on the last leg of an assignment, whilst the mission ending up being successful.

    Well, yes, as he did think of doing that in Moonraker by blowing up the rocket.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    In my opinion, he sacrifices himself on the last leg of an assignment, whilst the mission ending up being successful.

    Well, yes, as he did think of doing that in Moonraker by blowing up the rocket.
    My thoughts exactly.
  • Perilagu_KhanPerilagu_Khan
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    Without knowing Bond's family history, this is almost impossible to project. Bond's smoking and drinking--and his diet was not focused on health--would doom most people to death in their 50s or 60s, particularly if they have some family history of cancer and/or heart problems. OTOH, some people have a constitution that allows them to live long lives despite bad habits. My paternal grandma lived to be 84 despite the fact that she practically chain smoked Pall Malls for all of her adult life. He diet was none too good either.
  • PerdoggPerdogg
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    Perilagu_Khan wrote: »
    Without knowing Bond's family history, this is almost impossible to project. Bond's smoking and drinking--and his diet was not focused on health--would doom most people to death in their 50s or 60s, particularly if they have some family history of cancer and/or heart problems. OTOH, some people have a constitution that allows them to live long lives despite bad habits. My paternal grandma lived to be 84 despite the fact that she practically chain smoked Pall Malls for all of her adult life. He diet was none too good either.

    We do know that Bond's Father was Scottish and according to researchers liver disease death and MS rates are the highest in Scotland. His mother was Swiss and heart disease is biggest killer in Switzerland.
  • timmertimmer
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    Keith Richards is still alive , age 71, and currently on tour playing to full stadiums.
    So I figure Bond, who does seem indestructible, born Nov 1924, now age 90, is very much alive.
    By his '60s he may have cut back on intakes, as many men do, so as to move steadily into later years.
    Bond may have another 10 years, then even he is on borrowed time.
  • PerdoggPerdogg
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    timmer wrote: »
    Keith Richards is still alive , age 71, and currently on tour playing to full stadiums.
    So I figure Bond, who does seem indestructible, born Nov 1924, now age 90, is very much alive.
    By his '60s he may have cut back on intakes, as many men do, so as to move steadily into later years.
    Bond may have another 10 years, then even he is on borrowed time.

    I think he would have succumb to dementia induced from a number of beatings.
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    His balls might have finally reappeared all these decades after casino royale;)
  • PerdoggPerdogg
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    ThomasCrown76 wrote: »
    His balls might have finally reappeared all these decades after casino royale;)

    True. Then this is where PTSD comes in.

  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    ...when Fleming died.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    he probably should've died (in the literary sense) after FRWL... but Fleming kept him going...

    hard to say if he were real when, where and how we would die - i would like to think that after 10-15 years of field work as a '00' agent, and never being one for a humdrum desk job or standard intelligence duties, that he would've probably been forced into retirement at the age of 45 or 50 - been given a more than substantial pension to quietly (or not so quietly) live out the rest of his years.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    :)) I was just about to write " he's have died at the end of From Russia with love ".
    As his survival was, one he'll of a long shot. ;)
  • Perilagu_KhanPerilagu_Khan
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    timmer wrote: »
    Keith Richards is still alive , age 71, and currently on tour playing to full stadiums.
    So I figure Bond, who does seem indestructible, born Nov 1924, now age 90, is very much alive.
    By his '60s he may have cut back on intakes, as many men do, so as to move steadily into later years.
    Bond may have another 10 years, then even he is on borrowed time.

    Well in Gun Bond reports that he cut his fags down to 20-30 per day, IIRC.

  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Let's not forget that his line of work, with the physical and mental stress that comes with it, might shorten his life expectancy by a few years. They notice this with doctors: they live healthier because of strong immune system, but gave shorter life expectancy due to the stressful nature of their work. It literally use them.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    At 92 in his sleep after a long retirement.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    At 92 in his sleep after a long retirement.

    With a rich widow sleeping next to him I'd like to think ;)
  • timmertimmer
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    chrisisall wrote: »
    At 92 in his sleep after a long retirement.

    With a rich widow sleeping next to him I'd like to think ;)
    I think this is about right, although I'll give him, say just shy of 97, so he's got about 6 more years, and
    that's even with a couple of belts at noon each day, and just before bed.
    I figure he has a very strong constitution, but eventually the ticker will just give out.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    It's difficult to say...but I hope he had a long life anyhow.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Heart attack in 1977. Same year as Elvis, and those Gardner novels never happened.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Heart attack in 1977. Same year as Elvis, and those Gardner novels never happened.

    You are a cruel revisionist, TF. That would mean no David Dragonpol... :(
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Heart attack in 1977. Same year as Elvis, and those Gardner novels never happened.

    You are a cruel revisionist, TF. That would mean no David Dragonpol... :(

    That's not revisionism. What is not Fleming is not canon.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Heart attack in 1977. Same year as Elvis, and those Gardner novels never happened.

    You are a cruel revisionist, TF. That would mean no David Dragonpol... :(

    That's not revisionism. What is not Fleming is not canon.

    The continuation project is nearing fifty years of existence (it began in 1968) and is a separate canon all of its own, building on the base of the original Fleming Bond canon. That is my view anyhow.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    What I mean is that they can be dismissed.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    What I mean is that they can be dismissed.

    Well, yes but I prefer not to. One of my more specialist interests in Bondism is the Continuation project; its work and its history. I know that not everyone shares my tedious obsession but I can live with that. In the end analysis, we're all fans of different things I guess.
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