News about Lindsay Duncan

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CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Old Tom (Karl Johnson), lying in a hospital bed after a failed attempt to hang himself and full of cancer, summed up the tragic irony of his predicament. He 'I'm on suicide watch,' and 'Do Not Resuscitate.' Doctors will let your own body murder you, but they are not expected to step in and speed up the process. That's the inconsistency of current terminal illness legislation: doctors will allow your own body to murder you. Likewise, anyone who supports a suicide, even by accompanying a loved one to a hospital in Switzerland, Dignitas, is vulnerable to prosecution.

Actress Sue Johnston has attacked the way elderly people are portrayed on television as 'either lying in bed dying or screaming over a walking stick.' The Royle Family and Brookside actress expressed disappointment that the older generations have been "pigeonholed" into characters who were "always on their own." The 80-year-old, who portrayed matriarch Barbara Royle in the hit comedy, said she was fed up with OAPs not having "feelings or families" and was always being viewed as "cranky." Johnston said, 'life isn't like that', according to Radio Times reporter Johnston, who covers euthanasia. A group of over-70s agree to help each other die when their time comes. The show, according to Johnston, was a welcome change from the usual way elderly characters are depicted. When you're in your seventies, you don't have thoughts, feelings, or friendships, but you do,' she told the Radio Times. It's been a pleasure to see a script in which your character isn't a granny sitting in the corner all shrieps or someone sleeping in bed.'

Suzy Eddie Izzard appeared on Loose Women on Thursday to talk about her latest film, Doctor Jekyll. Suzy, 61, demonstrated her own sense of style by wearing knee-high boots with a short plaid kilt in the studios. She wore a basic black top and a denim jacket, finishing her look with a slick of bright pink lipstick.

Lindsay Duncan, the actress, who was previously diagnosed with advanced bowel cancer in 2018, has been replaced months after filming was interrupted due to her severe back pains. Creators Charlie Covell and Iain Weatherby said they had been left "saddened" by her departure.