Sir Billy Connolly isn't frightened of death and thinks about it 'every day'

Sir Billy Connolly confessed to thinking about death “every day” as he said it is the “the next step”.

The famous actor and comedian was diagnosed in 2013 and five years later he was forced to retire as he continued to deteriorate and the effects became too much to continue performing.

In recent months Billy has been open about his disease and the realities of Parkinson’s as he revealed that death was on his mind on a daily basis.

Speaking to The Sun, he said: “I think about death a lot. Not an excessive amount. I think about it every day.

“I’ve seen people die and it’s okay. It’s not painful. You just go away. You exhale and it’s gone. It’s nothing to be frightened of, it’s just the next step.”

Billy also opened up about stepping back from his work as he said: “I just deal with it. If I fall, I fall.

“I made the decision to stand back from stand-up because of my illness. It was affecting the work that I do.”

He said the “sharpness” was gone.

In an upcoming documentary titled My Absolute Pleasure, Billy will appear on screen in his family home as he gives an insight into how the disease changed his life.

He told the publication that the disease had taken a lot from him as he stated he can no longer play the banjo or yodel.

The brain disorder causes the sufferer to shake and causes difficulty with balancing and coordination and as it progresses it becomes harder to walk and talk, and Billy has opened up on the realities of his struggles.

It was only earlier this year that Billy Connelly appeared on The Graham Norton show and said he had lost the ability to write.

He told the host in October: “I have lost the ability to write, and it breaks my heart as I used to love writing letters to people.

“My writing went down the Swanny and is totally illegible, so I had to find a way to record everything, but then the recorder didn’t understand my accent so it kept collapsing and my family would have to sort it – it was a club effort!”

He explained that he now has “good days and bad days”, but added that it’s “creeping up” on him.

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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk