Blanche Blackwell and Ian Fleming in Jamaica
Blanche Blackwell, who had a relationship with Ian Fleming, has died at 104, according to an obituary posted by The Telegraph.
Blackwell was part of two 007-related documentaries, 2000’s Ian Fleming: 007’s Creator ( an extra in the home video release of The Living Daylights) and 2012’s Everything or Nothing.
Her interviews for the documentaries provided perspective for fans about Fleming’s complicated life, touching on her affair with the married author. She lived in Jamaica, where Fleming wrote his James Bond novels.
“He was somebody who could be anybody he wanted to be,” Blackwell says of Fleming at the start of the 2000 documentary.
Ian Fleming: 007’s Creator included a section on Blackwell. “I decided how I wanted to live long ago,” she says. “And I’ve managed to succeed at doing it without getting into too much trouble.”
In 2012, The Express. published a feature story about her.
“A neighbour of both (Noel) Coward and Fleming, she was a society beauty who beguiled the guests who came to her home, Bolt House, in St Mary, Jamaica,” according to the story.
UPDATE (Aug. 12): The Washington Post has published a very detailed obituary of Blanche Blackwell that’s worth a read.
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A note of interest, for James Bond Fans who never new. The Name Blackwell is still very well Known. The Late Blanche Blackwell has a Son Chris Blackwell whose Synonymous with Jamaica, an Entrepreneur Business Man who was Lacation scout Manager on the First James Bond movie ”DOCTOR NO” (1962) he was also the Former owner/record Producer of island records. Today he’s the Current owner of ian Fleming’s Jamaican home ”GOLDENEYE”