Diana Rigg, ’The Avengers’ and ’Game of Thrones’ star, dies at 82

Diana Rigg, the British actress who played the role of secret agent Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series ’The Avengers’ and later starred in ’Game of Thrones’ has died. She was 82. Her daughter Rachael Stirling said she died of cancer, which was diagnosed earlier this year. Rigg, who became a 1960s style icon, also starred in the 1967 James Bond thriller ’On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.’