Take my organs and feed me to the foxes says star Joanna, 71
ACTRESS JOANNA Lumley has told how she hopes to donate all of her organs, or at least whichever “nice” ones are left, after her death.
A week after celebrating her 71st birthday, she joked that a steady intake of champagne throughout her 50-year acting career may have affected the quality of some internal body parts.
The star admitted that she thinks about death “every day” and has learned that the most important lesson is “to make sure you don’t waste life”.
Asked if she would like to be cremated or buried after her death, she told the “I’ve got one of those donor forms that says ‘Take anything you want,’ so I’m not sure what they do with you.
“I hope they bundle you out to feed you to the foxes – after they’ve plundered all the nice bits you’ve got left, if there are any nice bits after I’ve drained so much champagne.”
Her comments came as she was announced winner of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) prestigious Fellowship prize, previously claimed by the likes of Sidney Poitier, Julie Walters and Vanessa Redgrave.
It celebrates her long and impressive career on screen and on stage, famously including champagne-swilling Patsy Stone in
Remembering her time working alongside Jennifer Saunders on the sitcom, she said: “We used to cry with laughter and it was just paradise.
“I absolutely adored playing Patsy. It was like being given a glass of champagne quite out of the blue and you go ‘Oh, my heavens!’.”
Her star-spangled career also saw the former model famously take on roles in
and even a stint as an Angel Of Death in James Bond.
But weighing in on the debate over who should continue the 007 legacy, she said she did not believe Luther star Idris Elba quite fit the bill.