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Michael Palin shares how he is coping with grief after wife’s death
The Independent
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4/16/2024
Michael Palin explains how he copes with grief after wife's deathToday, BBC Radio 4
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I needed to do something and I know that Helen would have wanted me to carry on working.
00:05
And I believe that you can't just stop and then retreat into the past.
00:08
You've got to look at the future, you've got to make something out of that.
00:11
And she was very positive and when we were together for 57 years we had a good time.
00:16
And you know, I still hear her laughing at me a lot when I'm saying stupid things on the radio or whatever.
00:23
"Don't do that again!"
00:25
And that's a very strong thing.
00:26
So her memory is there but I'm determined to go into the future and keep doing things
00:31
because I think that's what she would have wanted and it's the only thing that keeps me going really.
00:36
The loss I imagine is that every time you come across something you want to tell her about it.
00:41
Well, the loss is that you've got somebody,
00:44
you have somebody there who you didn't need to say anything to at all.
00:47
The communication comes with just a glance.
00:50
Whether we're with people or someone said something,
00:52
it'd be a little glance and that's all we needed to say.
00:55
And after 57 years that's like losing a little bit of your rudder on a ship, you know.
01:00
You're still going forward but slightly sideways.
01:03
You're not quite sure where you are at the moment.
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