Pierce Brosnan's daughter dies of ovarian cancer aged 42

Pierce Brosnan's daughter has died of ovarian cancer at the age of 42 - the same disease that killed her mother.

The James Bond actor's first wife, Cassandra, was 43 when she succumbed to the same disease in 1991.

He adopted her children, including Charlotte, when they married in 1980.

Brosnan reportedly said last night:

The actor had been filming a spy thriller, November Man, in Eastern Europe but reportedly flew back to the UK to be at his daughter's bedside.

Charlotte, a mother of two, is survived by long-term partner Alex Smith, Isabella, 15, and Lucas, eight.

Licence To Kill actor Robert Davi sent his condolences to the family after hearing the tragic news, he posted on Twitter:

Actress Stephanie Zimbalist, who starred with Brosnan in Remington Steele, posted on Facebook:

Brosnan recently appeared in the film Love Is All You Need, where his character falls in love with a cancer sufferer.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he said: "I was fully aware of the notes within the piece that chimed with my own life, having lost a wife to cancer. Of course. That was part of the seduction of it, and the charm of it."

The actor added: "The road I have travelled means I can understand just about as much as one can understand such tragedy in life."