Desmond Llewelyn 1999. On 19 December 1999, Llewelyn was driving home alone from a book signing event when his blue Renault Megane had a head-on collision with a bronze Fiat Bravo driven by a 35-year-old man on the A27 near the village of Berwick, East Sussex. Despite attention from a doctor called to the scene and being taken by helicopter to Eastbourne District General Hospital, he died shortly thereafter at the age of 85. The other driver was seriously injured. An inquest recorded a verdict of accidental death. Llewelyn's death occurred three weeks after the premiere of "The World Is Not Enough".
Desmond Llewelyn the money made by the films. Nevertheless, because Llewelyn was considered one of the franchise's major institutions and also immensely popular among "Bond" fans, Llewelyn starred in several commercials, including ones to promote the video games "GoldenEye 007" and "Tomorrow Never Dies". Llewelyn made a brief appearance in "Little Mother", an episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood". He also appeared in other films such as the Ealing comedy "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951), the 1963 film "Cleopatra" (as a Roman senator), and the 1981 PBS production of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", and he had a small role in