38. Prunella Scales

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8 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

I wouldn’t be shocked if she doesn’t last six weeks.

Yeah it wouldn't shock. As I think I mentioned before they reminded me of an old aunt and uncle of mine and the widower (the one with the dementia) lasted a month without his partner of fifty years.

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Well, 2024 candidates are true survivors. Carter, Eastwood and now Prunella surviving their partners… 

Even the safest candidates seem to be at risk for next year, drops will be hard to choose

[Imelda 621]

He's taken the man from the Pru

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Poor Prunella. Would be surprised if lasts much longer. She'll go downhill fairly quickly now

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In their statement, Juliet, Samuel and Joseph West described their father as having had a "long and extraordinary life on and off the stage".

West leaves "a sister, a daughter, two sons, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren", the family said, adding: "All of us will miss him terribly.

 

 

Isn't there someone missing?

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On 26/10/2023 at 16:48, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

I'd be willing to bet West goes first and then a few months later she follows.

Starting to wish I had made this a financial bet...

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He’s on today’s penultimate episode of Doctors, assuming they don’t cancel it.

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Hers and Woodward’s longevity with such illnesses is quite astonishing. Wonder which one will go first now…

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So sad he died before her - feel quite affected by this one.

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2 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said:

He’s on today’s penultimate episode of Doctors, assuming they don’t cancel it.

 

Whatever they prescribed him didn't work very well.

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I found it surprising, to say the least, that the BBC obituary of Timothy West made no mention at all of 'Edward the Seventh' - surely he's better known for that than for appearing in seven episodes of 'Coronation Street' in 2013. 

 

I remember that series very fondly - I was only 12 in 1975 but as it was deemed of historical value I was allowed to stay up once a week to watch it. Annette Crosbie was a perfect Queen Victoria. 'I, Claudius' a year later was a very different affair.

 

TW was also memorable in the 'Royal Jelly' episode of 'Tales of the Unexpected' from 1980. 

 

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West played comedy really well in this series, many of the jokes revolving around northern stereotypes (poverty, dourness, hard work for its own sake)

 

- She's had more men than you've had hot dinners

- That's not that many, then

 

etc.etc. 

 

 

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16 hours ago, prussianblue said:

 

Whatever they prescribed him didn't work very well.

He was given about 10 lines (not that sort!) - alas, ‘twere no Lear.

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Sybil will join her Faulty Tomb before Christmas.

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Latest quotes from Samuel West tell of how she's recently been on a cruise and was apparently unsure where she was at times but still enjoyed it.

[The Old Crem 3,611]

Not well enough to take in Timothy’s death. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14145775/Timothy-Wests-son-Samuel-reveals-actors-wife-Prunella-Scales-battling-vascular-dementia-not-died.html

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52 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Not well enough to take in Timothy’s death. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14145775/Timothy-Wests-son-Samuel-reveals-actors-wife-Prunella-Scales-battling-vascular-dementia-not-died.html

 

The cruel thing is that people forget that their loved one has died and may have to be told multiple times.

However I read another quote from Sam the other day in which he said that Prue keeps thinking he's his Dad, or something like that. 

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11 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

The cruel thing is that people forget that their loved one has died and may have to be told multiple times.

However I read another quote from Sam the other day in which he said that Prue keeps thinking he's his Dad, or something like that. 

Isn't there a thing called palliative lying, where it's considered kinder to simply tell the person that their deceased loved one will be "back shortly" etc, and divert their attention to a different topic? I think it's far kinder to let people in the stages of advanced dementia think they're alive than force them to go through the same sadness over and over again. 

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13 hours ago, Master Obit said:

Isn't there a thing called palliative lying, where it's considered kinder to simply tell the person that their deceased loved one will be "back shortly" etc, and divert their attention to a different topic? I think it's far kinder to let people in the stages of advanced dementia think they're alive than force them to go through the same sadness over and over again. 

It depends on the person and how they can comprehend. I get what you are saying. But  If you would lie and say they will be back soon, but then they do not come back you might cause them anxiety of why they are not coming.  While yes maybe if you have to tell them they have died many time, it can create sadness for them, but for that one moment in time at least they know the truth and you are not giving them pointless hope.