Actor Billy Connolly was called by his friend Robin Williams shortly before he died.
SEOGHØR.NO: The whole world was in shock when Robin Williams, one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors, took his own life in mid-August.
Now, the Scottish actor Billy Connolly (71), who was a close friend of Williams, said that he believes his friend tried to take leave of him the last time they talked.
– In our last phone conversation he said “I love you like a brother,” and I replied, “I know you do.” And then he said, “are you sure you know?” And I said “yes”. Afterwards I thought he was trying to say goodbye me to me, says Connolly outspoken according to the Daily Mail.
Shared illness fate
Robin Williams struggled with depression and coping with their past drug problems during his lifetime, in addition to the initial stages of Parkinson’s disease. The “Good Will Hunting” star was hit by the incurable muscle disease, revealed his wife Susan Schneider published only after his death.
Billy Connolly, known from movies “The Last Samurai” and “Mrs. Brown, “suffer even Parkinson’s.
– We used to talk a lot about Parkinson’s. He called me, and then we compared experiences, says Connolly, who suffer from the disease, in the fresh interview.
– I know the consequences of Parkinson’s every day. It’s better when I’m in a hurry, because then I’m less conscious of it, but I refuse to let the disease define me. I just continue to live my life, although this is a challenge, says 71-year-old about his own relationship to the disease.
Robin Williams and Billy Connolly were good friends for decades. Both in 1999 and 2000 attended Williams in The Hill Race in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in conjunction with the annual event Lonach Highland Gathering & amp; Games.
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23 September 2014 – 8:40 p.m.
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