James Bond (Roger Moore) remembered his dead wife in 1977 The spy who loved me, 8 years after she died. Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg) is the only woman James Bond marriedwhich happened at the end of 1969 In Her Majesty's Secret Service. James Bond (George Lazenby) met and fell in love with Contessa Tracy DiVincenzo, the troubled daughter of international crime lord Marc-Ange Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti). Draco and 007 teamed up to take down Spectre's diabolical former leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas).
Tracy and James Bond get married at the end of In Her Majesty's Secret Servicebut their union would be tragically brief. Driving to their honeymoon, the couple were ambushed by Blofeld and his henchwoman, Irma Bunt (Isle Steppat). Blofeld and Bunt shot Tracy to death. In the next 007 film, 1971 Diamonds are forever, James Bond (Sean Connery) went on a worldwide manhunt for Blofeld, but never mentioned Tracy. When Roger Moore took on the role of James Bond, Tracy was again not mentioned - until a surprise reference in The spy who loved me.
James Bond remembered his dead wife 8 years after her death
Tracy Bond is referenced in The Spy Who Loved Me
In The spy who loved meJames Bond's romantic and professional foil was Soviet agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach), whose code name was Agent Triple X. Bond and Anya first crossed paths in Cairo, Egypt, when they were both searching for microfilm belonging to the victim of the massive killer, Jaws (Richard Kiel). When 007 and Agent Triple X meet again in a nightclub Anya recites the Soviet dossier on James Bond and references Tracy Bond for the first time since his death in In Her Majesty's Secret Service:
Commander James Bond, recruited into the British Secret Service by the Royal Navy. Licensed to kill, and has done so on several occasions. Many friends, but only married once. Dead wife..."
James Bond interrupted Anya Amasova, admitting that he is sensitive "about certain things." Bond's reaction belied a hidden side of him and confirmed that he had never gotten over Tracy's murder. Anya calling Tracy also confirmed that Roger Moore's James Bond is the same 007 played by Sean Connery and George Lazenby and that all Bond films share a continuous narrative despite the different actors playing the British secret agent. Although Roger Moore Live and let die in 1971 it had the trappings of a Sean Connery reboot, it's the same James Bond throughout the series.
For Your Eyes Only is James Bond's last mention of Tracy
No Time To Die References "We have all the time in the world"
Tracy Bond was referenced one last time in 1981 For your eyes only, that starts with James Bond leaves flowers at his wife's grave. The year of Teresa Bond's death is 1969, the same year In Her Majesty's Secret Service was released, confirming that James Bond's life was unfolding in real time. For your eyes only'The prologue also saw James Bond finally kill Blofeld, exacting long-awaited revenge for Tracy's death.
2006 Royal Casino rebooted James Bond with a new timeline so that Daniel Craig's 007 lived a completely different life to the Bond played by his predecessors. Craig's Bond never met Tracy DiVincenzo. Bond fell in love and lost Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), who replaced Tracy as the love of James' life. Bond then fell in love with Dr. Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), and they had a daughter. There's no time to die used Bond and Tracy's love song "We Have All The Time In The World" for James and Madeleine, the only reference to Daniel Craig James Bond done to Tracy Bond in 007's previous timeline.