Sir Billy Connolly, 82, has somewhat shied away from the spotlight in recent years.
The former comedian, whose career spanned decades, retired in 2018 and focused on more artistic pursuits. And, for the past few years, he has been living out his twilight years in the US.
But the star – who is the subject of Channel 5’s In His Own Words documentary this Sunday (November 2) – won’t stay overseas forever. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease, he previously revealed where he’d like to die and be buried.
Billy was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2014 (Credit: Splash News)
Billy Connolly makes heartbreaking death admission
Billy and his wife, Pamela Stephenson, have been living in Florida since 2018. However, the star – who beat cancer but lives with Parkinson’s – is adamant he wants to be buried in his homeland. He made the admission back in 2018 in his ITV show, Billy Connolly’s Ultimate World Tour.
“I remember standing by the shores of Loch Lomond, Inversnaid, and the sky was beautiful,” he recounted. “I remember that line, I forget whose line it is: ‘Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said, this is my own, my native land.’
“I don’t like to look like a bagpiper with heather in my ears. But sometimes your love for the place just has to find a stage,” he explained.
“I’d like to die there. It’s a weird subject to bring up. But I wouldn’t like to stay away forever. I’d like to be planted there eventually – in Loch Lomond.”
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