Michael Palin<\/a> hears his late wife\u2019s voice urging him to \u201cget on with it\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sir Michael Palin hears his late wife\u2019s voice urging him to \u2018get on with it\u2019<\/p>\n
The \u2018Monty Python\u2019 veteran, 80, was left devastated when his partner Helen died in May after she was stricken with kidney failure weeks after their 57th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n
He told ITV\u2019s \u2018Lorraine\u2019 show on Thursday (28.09.23) about how Helen wouldn\u2019t have wanted him to \u201cmope about\u201d as he revealed plans for his latest TV travel show: \u201cI\u2019m ok \u2013 I hear her voice all the time saying, \u2018Get on with it \u2013 don\u2019t mope about!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cShe will always be on my mind and by my side all the time. After sharing six decades together, we knew each other so well and I can\u2019t share that with anybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael added about Helen\u2019s death, which came after she gave up dialysis following years of agony and illness: \u201cShe had lost her independence. She didn\u2019t want to live being guided around every room.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe comic and actor added about his upcoming show: \u201cI\u2019m going to west Africa soon. I’m getting back on the road. I hope I will be OK.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019m lucky that I am quite well. There\u2019s still lots of places I want to go. I still have that curiosity and I think that keeps you going.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMichael previously told The Times newspaper about his grief over Helen\u2019s death: \u201cWhen someone\u2019s gone\u2026 someone who has been so much part of your life for the past 60 years\u2026 you can\u2019t believe they’re not there to enjoy a little joke, or an observation, or a b**** about somebody.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cA great sort of emptiness comes in. The last 10 days of her life \u2013 I\u2019ve never seen her happier in a way.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cShe\u2019d accepted it, we\u2019d accepted it, she was in a wonderful hospice. The children and grandchildren had all come to see her, so her death was a great deliverance for her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMichael and Helen met when they were 16, married in 1966 and had children Thomas, 54, William, 52, and Rachel, 48, as well as four grandchildren.<\/p>\n
\nHe described her as the \u201cbedrock of my life\u201d when he announced her death on his blog.<\/p>\n
\nMichael added: Her quietly wise judgment informed all my decisions and her humour and practical good sense was at the heart of our life together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe actor has had his health woes in recent years and underwent heart surgery in 2019 to fix a leaky mitral valve after he was advised by doctors to have it repaired.<\/p>\n
\nHe admitted on his blog he was forced to give up running after 40 years and said he had \u201ctaken to long walks instead\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nVisit itv.com to watch his full interview on \u2018Loraine\u2019, which airs weekdays from 9am on ITV1 and ITVX.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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