Pierce Brosnan Prays For Cure For "Wretched Disease" After Cancer Takes His Daughter

Pierce Brosnan, the dashing former James Bond, has announced the death of his daughter, Charlotte Emily, after a three year battle with ovarian cancer. In a statement to People magazine, Brosnan announced: "On June 28th at 2pm my darling daughter Charlotte Emily passed on to eternal life, having succumbed to ovarian cancer. She was surrounded by her husband Alex, children Isabella and Lucas and brothers Christopher and Sean. Charlotte fought her cancer with grace and humanity, courage and dignity. Our hearts are heavy with the loss of our beautiful dear girl. We pray for her and that the cure for this wretched disease will be close at hand soon. We thank everyone for their heartfelt condolences."

The mum-of-two leaves a son and daughter behind - Isabella, 15 and Lucas, 8 - as well as her long-term partner Alex Smith. With regards to having to stand by and watch his loved ones succumb to the heart-breaking disease, Brosnan has said "I know the agony of being powerless." Brosnan has flown back to the UK from eastern Europe where he had been filming spy thriller November Man to come to terms with the events that after 22 years, he's having to deal with all over again.