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Damian Lewis has opened up on the death of his wife Helen McCrory, lauding the Peaky Blinders star for her ‘incredible act of generosity’ following her cancer diagnosis.The actress, who had credits including Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders; Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter film franchise and Clair Dowar in Skyfall, died in 2021 following a secret battle with breast cancer.McCrory was just 52 years old, with Damian taking to social media to share the devastating news.
Damian Lewis has opened up on the death of his wife Helen McCrory, lauding the Peaky Blinders star for her ‘incredible act of generosity’ following her cancer diagnosis. Pic: Hahn Lionel/ABACA/REX/ShutterstockHelen and Damian married in 2007 and share two children, Manon and Gulliver. Appearing as the first guest on RTÉ One’s Tommy Tiernan Show on Saturday, Damian said his late wife was was ‘the best [and] incredible.
’‘Helen’s incredible act of generosity was to normalise death as much as possible for everyone around her, particularly for our children, and essentially to reassure everybody that she had the life she wanted,’ Damian told Tommy.Appearing as the first guest on RTÉ One’s Tommy Tiernan Show on Saturday, Damian said his late was was ‘the best [and] incredible.’ Pic: RTÉ One/ XHe added that his wife had ‘done the things she wanted,’ and had had the family and husband she wanted.
‘It was an act of incredible bravery and generosity because her heart must have been breaking,’ he said.The actor went on to detail how he has ‘the manic defense in a very pronounced way’ which helps him reaffirm life and keep going. View this post on Instagram A post shared by RTÉ One (@rteone)‘Life is there for the taking, to be lived,’ he explained, ‘Especially when you have two children, you know, making sure that they have a sense of that, that everything is not over.
’Viewers were full of praise for Damian’s chat with Tommy, with one writing: ‘Great interview with Damian Lewis. Very down-to-earth and humble.’ Tommy Tiernan viewers in awe of ‘inspirational’ Kelly Holmes following candid chat The actor and musician went on to perform a song called She Comes in honour of McCrory.
He was accompanied by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra..
