The 79-year-old actress from “lovely piece” about the sensitive subject of growing older shared words from the “lovely piece” that she referred to as “conscious of growing older.”
Joanna Lumley has admitted that she’s “conscious of growing older” as she shared insights into her views on death. Speaking in a recent interview, the 79-year-old Absolutely Fabulous actress, who has recently released a book featuring lines from some of her favourite authors — titled My Book of Treasures — addressed the topic of death.
Her comments came as she discussed a “lovely piece” by 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson, whose words, Joanna says, convey a “general feeling” that “life goes by” and that we must be “ready” for death.
It also prompted her to reveal that she’d discussed her funeral plans with her husband, Stephen Barlow, and shared a segment from a profound poem by a “great sage poet”, the Indian polymath, Rabindranath Tagore.
Joanna told Hello! magazine: “One’s conscious of growing older. And therefore I’ve got a lovely piece by Samuel Johnson, written in 1770, saying: ‘I’m an old man now, so hope I get through the year and granted the grace to behave properly.’
“Be prepared for it, everyone, regardless of how old or young we are, and life goes on, whether it’s good or bad.”
Joanna explained further that she had spoken with Stephen about her death and that he thought your own funeral had nothing to do with you.
In response, Joanna stressed that she wouldn’t like to have a service, to which she says he replied that this would “be up to him and her son, photographer Jamie Lumley, if they’re around.”
She continued, “I like the very last poem in the book by the great sage poet, Rabindranath Tagore, who said, “Death is not extinguishing the light: it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” And you think, “Oh, that’s amazing.
In other news, Joanna, who plays Grandmama Hester Frump in the most recent season of Netflix’s Addams Family spin-off show Wednesday, reportedly took aim at Bad Romance singer Lady Gaga last month.
Joanna, a member of the House of Gucci actress, claimed that no one was able to see her during the shooting in Ireland because she makes an appearance as Rosaline Rotwood’s spirit on the show.
Meanwhile, Joanna compared this to “utter sweetheart” George Clooney, who starred in a comedic Downton Abbey sketch alongside her, and claimed he “did photographs with every single person.”
She also shared a behind-the-scenes tidbit about Wednesday during an appearance on BBC’s The One Show. Speaking to hosts Alex Jones and Angellica Bell, Joanna opened up about her accent on the show.
Source: Mirror
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