Gavin and Stacey actor Larry Lamb has opened up about his own life and facing the concept of dying as he grows older, after the soap star recently retired from acting
Larry Lamb has been thinking about his own death.
The actor, best known for starring in EastEnders and Gavin and Stacey, has opened up about his own mortality and revealed that as he approaches his 78th birthday death is increasingly on his mind.
Now retired from acting, Larry’s focus is on spending quality time with his loved ones including his four children: TV presenter George Lamb, 45, Vanessa, 56, Eloise, 26, and Eva, 22.
Although he mainly lives in Normandy, Larry prioritises seeing his grown-up kids as often as possible. However, as he grows older Larry is becoming increasingly aware of his own mortality.
“The older I get the more I think about how much I love life, but the more I think about how much I love life, the more it makes me think about death,” reports the Mirror.
Larry and one of his friends annually visit a graveyard to tidy headstones, an experience that recently stirred thoughts about his own life. He told Daily Mail: “It all started me thinking more about facing it realistically, because sadly, I don’t want to sign up for that bit at all, but in the end you are going to have to.”
However, Larry’s children keep him going and revealed that messages from his kids on special occasions mean more than they will ever know: “So I sat there basking in their love, in the sunshine and just realising how lucky I was, and what makes me, and drives me to keep doing whatever I can, to stay alive for as long as I can to give them a dad for as long as I can.”
“Somewhere out there, I see it now and again flickering down the end of a long, nicely illustrated tunnel, there’s a sign and it says ‘Way Out’ and I know that’s the way I’m going.”
The Gavin and Stacey actor said that poetry makes things “much easier to deal with”. He also recently told The Mirror that with age he has become more at ease sharing details of his life.
He said: “People are quite surprised, by the way I’m straightforward and honest about my life, what I’ve done and where I’ve been. I’ve gotten well into my 70s now, I’ve become a much more open person. I certainly don’t feel any real restrictions now, you know?”
“I’m just, kind of, having a great time. I’m happier and happier every day, except when I get up in the morning, I’ve got aches and pains I’ve got to deal with now, but that’s common to everybody my age! You just laugh about it and get on, right?”
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