Former Bond girl and “Sheena: Queen of the Jungle” star Tanya Roberts was mistakenly announced as dead late Sunday night.
Her rep Mike Pingel told Variety that although her partner, Lance O’Brien, originally thought she had died, the hospital called Monday morning to report she was still alive. However, Pingel said that Roberts remains in the ICU in “dire” condition.
O’Brien can be heard to say “Oh, thank the lord!” when he took a call while being interviewed on “Inside Edition.”
TMZ first reported that she was still alive.
Roberts played Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film “A View to a Kill” as well as Midge Pinciotti on “That ’70s Show” between 1998 and 2004.
The 65-year-old performer was admitted to Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles after collapsing at home on Christmas Eve after walking her dogs, then placed on a ventilator because she was struggling to breathe.
She appeared in films including “The Beastmaster” (1982), “Sheena: Queen of the Jungle” (1984), “Body Slam” (1987) and “Night Eyes” (1990). Early in her career, she appeared in “Zuma Beach,” “Pleasure Cove” and “Waikiki.”
On the “Charlie’s Angels” TV series, Roberts played Julie Rogers and more recently, she appeared in the 2005 series “Barbershop.”
Though it’s not clear exactly how the mistake happened, hospitals in Southern California are operating under extreme strain right now due to an excess of hospitalizations for COVID-19. Between Dec. 25 and Dec. 28, there were no ICU beds available in the area that includes Cedars-Sinai, and the majority of beds were filled with COVID patients.
Roberts collapsed on Dec. 24 and was taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital.