Tanya Roberts passes away at 65

Tanya Roberts, a model who turned to acting in the late 1970s, is perhaps best remembered for her role as Donna's mother on "That '70s Show" and for playing opposite Roger Moore's James Bond in "A View to a Kill" (1985). However, her beauty and talent were also on prominent display as one of Charlie's Angel's during that series final season in 1981; as Kiri in Don Coscarelli's fantasy film "The Beastmaster" (1984); as the title character and star in "Sheena: Queen of the Jungle" (1984), an underappreciated jungle action/adventure film; and as a hapless traveler in the equally underappreciated "Tourist Trap" (1979) from B-movie master Charles Band. Her first starring film role was in the proto-slasher film "Forced Entry" (1976). 

Born in 1955, Tanya Roberts appeared in more than 40 different television series and movies between 1974 and 2005 when she retired from acting. She collapsed while walking near her home on Christmas Eve of 2020.

On January 3, 2020, the common-law husband and other representatives of Roberts announced that she had passed away. Then, about midday on Jan 4, the husband and reps said, "Whoops... never mind. She's not quite dead. Our bad."

How it's possible to declare someone dead before the body isn't even a body yet (while claiming you were there in the "final moments", we can't say. But that's what happened. Maybe we're looking at a Monte Python routine made reality?

Roberts did eventually pass away later on January 4, but it was more than 24 hours after those who were eager to announce her passing initially did so.