September 17th 2023.
Michael Palin recently spoke out about his wife Helen, who passed away last May after a long battle with chronic pain and kidney failure. For 57 years, the Monty Python star and his beloved wife shared a deep and meaningful relationship, and the 80-year-old actor was left bereft following her death.
In a heartbreaking interview with The Times, Michael opened up about his struggle to come to terms with the loss of his wife. He said, “When someone’s gone, someone who has been so much part of your life for the past 60 years, you can’t believe they’re not there to enjoy a little joke, or an observation, or a b**** about somebody. A great sort of emptiness comes in.”
Michael and Helen first met when they were only 16, and they quickly became childhood sweethearts. They married in 1966 and welcomed three children and four grandchildren. In his interview, Michael fondly recalled the last days of his wife’s life. He said, “The last ten days of her life — I’ve never seen her happier in a way. She’d accepted it, we’d 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.”
He went on to say, “We had lots of laughs together, so I’m very keen to keep humour as part of her memory. I don’t want it to be seen as a dark pit into which I have now fallen.”
Michael shared a note on his blog earlier this year, announcing the news of his wife’s death. It read, “My dearest wife Helen died peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday morning. She had been suffering with chronic pain for several years, which was compounded a few years ago by a diagnosis of kidney failure. We first met on a summer holiday on the Suffolk coast when we were both sixteen and we married in our early twenties. Two and a half weeks ago we celebrated our 57th wedding anniversary. Her death is an indescribable loss for myself, our three children and four grandchildren. Helen was the bedrock of my life. Her quietly wise judgment informed all my decisions and her humour and practical good sense were at the heart of our life together. The family ask that their privacy be respected at this time.”
Michael Palin is mourning the loss of his wife, who he shared a beautiful 57-year marriage with. His heartfelt interview speaks to the deep connection he shared with Helen, and his dedication to honour her memory and keep her spirit alive in his heart.
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