{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Stella Rimington, first British woman to become spy chief and M inspiration, dies at 90","publication_date":"August 04, 2025","summary":"Rimington was the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency, a successful thriller writer and the inspiration for Judi Dench’s portrayal of MI6 chief M in seven James Bond films.","author_name":"By Jill Lawless, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2025\/08\/238c60ad74916ce04b5c091c9662d681-GettyImages-485188056-1024x680.jpg","thumbnail_height":680,"thumbnail_width":1024}