Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller writer, has died, her family said Monday. She was 90. The first woman to head a U.K.

Tributes have poured in for Edinburgh University alumnus and MI5's first female chief, Stella Rimington, after she passed away 'surrounded by her beloved family and dogs'.

Rimington, who led MI5 from 1992 to 1996, was widely believed to be the inspiration behind the female role of M in the James ...

Dame Stella Rimington, the first woman to lead the UK's domestic secret service and the person believed to have inspired Judy ...

Stella Rimington, Britain’s first female MI5 director and the real-life inspiration for James Bond’s M, has passed away at 90 ...

Rimington was the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency, a successful thriller writer and the inspiration ...

Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain's MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller writer who was ...

Dame Stella Rimington, the first woman to lead MI5, the UK’s domestic intelligence service, has died. She was 90.

The job is said to come with a £200,000 salary, a central London des res, and the vague-sounding cover title of ...