UPDATE: Bond girl Tanya Roberts still alive, but in critical condition | READ DETAILS
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Jan 05, 2021
Actress Tanya Roberts, who was reported by many media outlets to have died, is alive.
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But she remains in critical condition.
News reports had quoted her longtime publicist, Mike Pingel, saying she was dead.
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Pingel has now reversed himself to declare she is not dead afterall.
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How did the mix-up occur?
Pingel said he was notified Sunday evening by Roberts' partner, Lance O'Brien, that Roberts had died.
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In a phone call Monday evening, O'Brien told CNN he was distraught after saying goodbye to Roberts at her bedside and left Cedars-Sinai Medical Center believing it would be the last time he saw her.
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On Monday morning, O'Brien was notified by the hospital that Roberts is still alive, according to Pingel and O'Brien.
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They said it was a coincidence that O'Brien was doing an interview with Inside Edition when the hospital called.
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"I'm so happy," O'Brien told Inside Edition when he got the call.
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Roberts was hospitalized in Los Angeles on December 24, after she collapsed at her California home following a walk with her dogs.
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