The 80-year-old comedian and actor was diagnosed 10 years ago with the condition and announced his retirement from live performances in 2018.
Sir Billy Connolly has said the progression of his Parkinson’s disease has made every passing day “stranger and more different”. The comedian and actor was diagnosed 10 years ago with the condition and announced his retirement from live performances in 2018.
“My disease creeps up on me every day it gets stranger and more different. I don’t know how I would have coped without drawing. It’s taken me out of the scene and put me somewhere else, where I can survey it from a different angle.” Affectionately known as The Big Yin, Sir Billy said he wanted to be remembered as “a good laugh and being a force for good”.
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