'I survived a lot of s**t - much of it brought on by myself'
Much-loved former comic Sir Billy Connolly has insisted he is 'not dead or broken' - and is happily enjoying his retirement in the US.
In the book, Connolly writes: "I got diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer the same week. I got treated for the cancer and now I seem to be OK. The Parkinson's just rumbles along, doing its thing. It bothered me for a while but when I think about it I suppose I'm lucky I didn't get something worse because I was a welder.
"I once ran into the Geordie writer Ian La Frenais in Tramp nightclub in London. I was wearing my leather jodhpurs and a leather jacket, pink socks and mules. He said, 'You know what you look like?' I said 'What?' He said 'A welder who got away with it.'"
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