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Petition to rename Edinburgh Airport after local lad Sir Sean Connery

A campaign has started to have Edinburgh Airport named after Sir Sean Connery.

Sir Sean – the original James Bond – died aged 90 last week.

He introduced the cinema world to 007 in the 1962 film Dr No.

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The Edinburgh born actor died at his Bahamas home with his wife Micheline by his side.

She later revealed the Hollywood star had been suffering from dementia.

A petition has been started asking airport owner Global Infrastructure Partners to consider the name change.

It reads:

“Liverpool has John Lennon airport; Belfast has George Best airport and, with the death of one of her most famous sons, Edinburgh should have a Sir Sean Connery airport.”

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