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Richard E.Grant reveals he still emails his beloved late wife Joan Washington every night four years after she died of cancer


The Withnail And I star, 67, says: 'I have no woolly spiritual delusion that she's hearing this, or that I'm going to get a response, but it somehow keeps the connection going.

Dialect coach Joan tragically passed away aged 74, in September 2021 eight months after she was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. Richard has been vocal in his grief since losing the love of his life and has admitted that he has lost friends as he battled heartbreak . 'So, I write a letter to Joan every night about what's going on, and I find that it feels like I have a physical, tangible, ongoing conversation with her that's written down, I've found that really, really helpful.

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