How Pierce Brosnan lost his first wife and daughter to cancer and son to drugs – but was saved by new love who makes him ‘weak at the knees’ Alison Maloney 26 Sep 2019, 16:52 Bond deals with an ordinary smuggling operation that is blown from a traitor within MI6 as he serves time in a North Korean prison. Pierce Brosnan's daughter succumbed to her three-year battle with ovarian cancer last week in London, Brosnan confirms to People . The warning signs had been there for years, but Bond stubbornly continued down its own well-trodden path. She leaves behind husband Alex Smith, their daughter, 14, and son, 8. "On June 28 at … Pierce Brosnan was no doubt left wondering what could've been; even by James Bond standards, Die Another Day is the antithesis of what successful action films were doing in the new millennium. Actor Pierce Brosnan appeared in four James Bond films, ending with the highest-grossing entry in the franchise (at the time), Die Another Day. Pierce Brosnan returns for one more outing as James Bond in a story that while exciting becomes something of an amalgam of 40 years of James Bond movies. RELATED: Pierce Brosnan Returns to Work After Daughter Charlotte’s Death Charlotte, who was 41, passed away in London.