Actress Tanya Roberts' partner Lance O'Brien learns she is still alive during an interview

Tanya Roberts' partner was informed the actress was still alive in an interview just hours after he and her rep announced that she had died.

Lance O'Brien, who has identified himself as Roberts' boyfriend and husband on different occasions, was virtually interviewed by Inside Edition when he received a phone call which he revealed was from the hospital where the That '70s Show star is being treated.

"Now, you are telling me she's alive?!" he said over the phone.

"The hospital is telling me she is alive," he continued. "They are calling me from the ICU team."

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The bizarre series of events began on Sunday when Roberts' rep, Mike Pingel, issued a press release stating that Roberts had died aged 65 the day before. The former Bond girl was taken to hospital after she collapsed on Christmas Eve after returning home from a walk with her dogs.

Initial reports said she was put on a ventilator but "never recovered" and died January 3.

Roberts' representative had released a statement in which O'Brien had said, "As I held her in her last moments, she opened her eyes. I was able to see her beautiful eyes one last time. Tanya had the most beautiful eyes."

Pingel said Lance "truly believed" that the actress had died.

Roberts is best known for her rise to fame in the late '80s, portraying Julie Rogers in Season 5 of the original Charlie's Angels TV series. She then went on to appear as Bond girl Stacey Sutton in Roger Moore's 1985 film A View To A Kill.

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In 1998, Roberts turned to the small screen, making her debut as Donna Pinciotti's mum, Midge, in That '70s Show. Her most recent role was Ellie Palmer in the TV comedy Barbershop in 2005.