Joanna Lumley: 'There's nothing odd about dying'
Joanna Lumley believes people have needlessly become scared of death and it should instead be welcomed as a "friend". The Absolutely Fabulous star voiced her concern about the vilification of death, which she argues has been exacerbated recently. During an interview with My Weekly magazine, she said: "In the old days it [death] was so familiar to us because people loved in houses where, horrifyingly, children died, grannies died, people died. Death was ever present. All around. And now it's something that only happens behind closed doors or in the distant rooms and is always considered a great...