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Richard E. Grant reveals why he is 'not looking for love' four years on from the death of his wife

Richard E. Grant has admitted that "not looking for" love, almost four years after his wife Joan passed away.

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Richard E. Grant reveals how he got through personal tragedy at the start of his career

Richard E. Grant has used "blind faith" to get through difficult times at the start of his career.

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Richard E. Grant reveals late wife made list of women he shouldn't date weeks before she died

His wife passed away in September 2021 at the age of 74, eight months after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer

Evening Standard

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Richard E. Grant still emails late wife Joan Washington every night, four years after her tragic death

The dialect coach passed away in September 2021 at the age of 74 following a lung cancer battle

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Richard E Grant slams 'household names' who treated his daughter 'appallingly'

Actor Richard E Grant has condemned a number of "household names" who treated his daughter "appallingly" while she was working as a runner - revealing they "changed their tune" as soon as they found out "who her father was".

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Richard E Grant writes to late wife every night

Actor Richard E Grant has revealed he writes letters to his late wife Joan Washington every night to help him process his grief since her death aged 75 in September 2021 after a battle with lung cancer.

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Richard E Grant reveals how Steve Martin helped him achieve the ‘greatest epiphany’ of his life

The actor has talked about how he managed to reconnect with his mother and forgive her

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‘Does time heal? I don’t think so’: Richard E Grant on love, loss – and bonking

The raw intensity and personal honesty that Richard E Grant brought to Withnail and I was real and has never left him. Now the actor and diarist, still grieving the loss of his wife, talks openly about heartbreak, ambition and his traumatic upbringing

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Richard E Grant says there are friends he’ll ‘never speak to again’ after death of wife Joan

‘Withnail and I’ star has felt he ‘was being punished’ by absent friends after wife’s death

The Independent UK

‘I will never speak to them again’: Richard E Grant says he has lost friends after the death of his wife Joan

‘Withnail and I’ star has felt he ‘was being punished’ by absent friends after wife’s death

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Book Review: Richard E. Grant’s emotional roller coaster memoir, 'A Pocketful of Happiness'

In his memoir, “A Pocketful of Happiness,” Swazi-British actor Richard E

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Richard E Grant reflects on ‘complicated gratitude’ for mother as he announces her death aged 93

The ‘Game of Thrones’ actor told his Twitter followers that he received eight missed calls and knew ‘immediately’ what had happened

The Independent UK

Richard E. Grant details ‘complicated’ relationship with mother after her death at 93

The actor spoke in a Twitter video about feeling ‘resignation’ after learning she had died

Evening Standard

A Pocketful of Happiness by Richard E Grant audiobook review – laughter, loss and love

The actor warmly recalls the time he shared with his wife during her last year and their past encounters with glitz and glamour

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Richard E Grant on grief, music, and his late wife Joan Washington: ‘I still have silent conversations with her’

The ‘Withnail and I’ star has spoken candidly on Instagram about the pain of becoming a widower, and in his moving memoir ‘A Pocketful of Happiness’. He sits down with Laura Barton while touring his one-man show, ‘An Evening with Richard E Grant’

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Richard E. Grant says friends avoid him in street since wife Joan Washington died from cancer

The Withnail actor was inundated with support after sharing the upsetting incident online

Wales Online

Hollywood star Richard E Grant is coming to Wales and you can go and see him

Top actor Richard E Grant will come to Wales in May

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Richard E Grant fights back tears as he introduces Baftas segment after death of his own wife

The veteran actor lost his wife of 35 years to cancer in September 2021

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The Independent UK

Richard E Grant blinks back tears as he introduces Baftas In Memoriam segment after death of his wife

Actor’s wife of 35 years, Joan Washington, died in September 2021

Daily Mirror

Richard E Grant fights back tears as BAFTAs pays tribute to late stars after wife's death

BAFTAs 2023 host Richard E Grant, whose wife died in 2021, fought back tears as he paid tribute to those who had died over the past year

Daily Mirror

Heartbreaking death of Richard E Grant's wife and how he's struggled to move on

Richard E. Grant has spoken about how lonely he is since the death of his beloved wife Joan, but the actor has found comfort in writing a book inspired by her last wish for him

The Guardian - UK

‘Incredible privilege’: Richard E Grant chosen to host Baftas

Actor said he is ‘celebratory person rather than somebody there to roast other actors’

The Guardian - UK

A regional accent can take you a long way. Just ask Daniel Craig

Richard E Grant’s late wife, Joan Washington, knew the right moments to recall her Aberdonian roots. Sometimes it’s all about delivery

The Independent UK

Richard E Grant pays tribute to his late wife Joan on her birthday: ‘I miss her more than is measurable’

The dialect coach died in September 2021

Evening Standard

Richard E. Grant recalls home visit by ‘generous’ Prince Charles amid late wife Joan’s cancer battle

The actor shared how the royal had personally requested to come over and came with a special gift for his wife

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