When I think of my mother. After my father left, she became an alcoholic and wallowed in resentment.
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Patricia Hodge
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Two days ago, at a family wedding, remembering Richard, my cousin. He was 11 months younger than me and we were brought up like brother and sister for the first four years of our lives. He died of a brain tumour when he was 55.
Judy Murray
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When Sean Connery died. He was a big tennis fan – a big Andy fan – and I met him a few times.
Ray Winstone
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I cry when I'm happy, I cry when I'm sad. I cried the other night watching some family getting back together on some documentary.
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That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.
If everybody was kind.
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