Top 5 Best James Bond Deaths
Posted on Jan 31, 2012

5. Auric Goldfinger
Goldfinger

For one of the most iconic villains in the series, Goldfinger’s end comes quite quickly. After he corners Bond (Sean Connery) on a plane, Bond warns him that firing a gun while in flight is incredibly dangerous. So, guess what happens next? The firing of the gun through a window causes the cabin to depressurize, and Goldfinger is sucked out of the window. It may be short, but it remains one of the most memorable scenes in Bond History.
4. Aki
You Only Live Twice

Aki appears the 5th film, You Only Live Twice. The film has a heavily Japanese influence. In the film, Bond (Sean Connery) goes through a ceremony to “marry” Aki. During the night, an assassin breaks into the house they are staying in, and dangles a length of string over Bond’s mouth, starting to drip poison down the string. Just before the poison reaches Bond’s mouth he turns over, and the drop instead falls into Aki’s mouth. Bond wakes up as she dies. The death is well remembered by fans, due to the suspense of the scene, you honestly don’t know what’s about to happen
3. Baron Samedi
Live and Let Die

Baron Samedi is probably the most mysterious character on the Bond series. Appearing originally as a watchman for Kananga, he alerts him when Bond breaks onto the island. Later on in the film, he appears to die when Bond (Sean Connery) throws him into a chest full of venomous snakes and shuts the lid. However, the end of the film delivers the biggest twist in Bond History. On the back of the train in which Bond and Solitaire are travelling, Samedi is seen sitting, laughing at the audience. At that point the film ends.
Interesting Note- Baron Samedi is actually the name of one of the Loa of Haitian Voodoo. He is the Loa of the dead, suggesting that his Bond namesake is now a ghost.
2. Professor Dent
Dr No

Dent works for Dr No and is determined to kill Bond. His first attempt is one of the most iconic moments in cinema: he releases a tarantula into Bond’s bed, with Bond only just escaping. His second attempt also fails miserably and results in Dents’ Death. Bond knows he’s coming, and so prepares for him. When he arrives, Bond disarms him. Dent does get his gun back and fires on Bond, but the gun is empty. Bond (Sean Connery) then comments, “That’s a Smith and Wessen, and you’ve had your six” before calmly shooting him. The scene shows Bond at his best, suave but incredibly dangerous, he doesn’t think twice about killing.
Interesting Point- the gun that Dent uses actually has more than 6 shots, so Bond should really be dead, but that would sort of kill off the series.
1. Franz Sanchez
License to Kill

Sanchez is a South American drug lord, who mutilates Felix Leiter and kills his wife. Bond (Timothy Dalton) goes on a revenge mission. The film climaxes with a chase involving a truck full of petrol (gasoline). Many explosions and deaths later, Bond and Sanchez face off against each other. Bond then finishes it by throwing a cigarette lighter at Sanchez, engulfing him in fire. The lighter gives poignancy to the moment, as it used to belong to Leiter. The Film shows Bonds darker side, but also shows his deep loyalty to his friends. It is usually considered one of the best films.


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