Read our privacy policy Thanks for signing up to theMorning Headlines email {{ #verifyErrors }} {{ message }} {{ /verifyErrors }} {{ ^verifyErrors }} Something went wrong. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }}Dame Judi Dench reportedly broke down in tears when asked about her grief following the death of her close friend Dame Maggie Smith. Leigh-Hunt, who had appeared alongside Dame Judi in BBC sitcom As Time Goes By, died in September aged 88. “I suppose because the energy that’s created by grief …,” Dame Judi began to say before cutting her answer short as tears started to fall. Dame Maggie, who died in hospital last month aged 89, had been friends with Dame Judi since meeting in the 1950s at the Old Vic theatre in London.

Source: The Times October 07, 2024 10:08 UTC