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'Do not forget us' Richard E Grant's wife asked him to 'let her go' during final days
Richard E Grant, 64, has paid tribute to his wife of 35 years, Joan Washington, who died of lung cancer last week. The Withnail And I actor and his dialect coach spouse found out about her stage four lung cancer diagnosis eight months before her death.He described how Joan asked him and their daughter, Olivia, “to let her go” during her gruelling battle with the disease.Writing in his Daily Mail column, he said: “Since her stage four lung cancer diagnosis two days before Christmas, she was accepting, clear sighted, sanguine and totally without self pity.“The oncology team at the Royal Marsden Hospital, NHS nurses, Price's Mill Surgery and Longfield palliative carers have been beyond exemplary.“It's been my privilege to be by your side,