Transcript: 007 Model Sir Fitzroy Maclean Dies

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June 17, 1996
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Sir Fitzroy Maclean, dead at age 85, was reknowned for his brave exploits behind German lines during WWII and is thought to have served as the suave, worldly model for Ian Fleming's James Bond.

ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: This is All Things Considered. I'm Robert Siegel.

NOAH ADAMS, Host: And I'm Noah Adams. Sir Fitzroy Maclean [sp], a scholar, a diplomat, a commando who parachuted behind enemy lines, has died in Scotland at age 85. He served Britain in Paris and in Moscow, and for Winston Churchill. During the second World War as a member of the Special Air Service, Fitzroy Maclean parachuted into Yugoslavia to find Josip Broz Tito and his partisan ...

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