{"id":133932,"date":"2024-12-06T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133932"},"modified":"2024-12-06T10:27:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:27:47","slug":"john-lithgow-says-hes-comfortable-with-dying-after-friends-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133932","title":{"rendered":"John Lithgow says he\u2019s comfortable with dying after friend\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We only get so long on the third rock from the sun. <\/p>\n<p>John Lithgow has a new outlook on death following the passing of his close friend. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/10\/entertainment\/conclave-review-scandalous-pope-thriller-starring-ralph-fiennes-has-shocking-twists\/\">The \u201cConclave\u201d actor<\/a>, 79, who has survived three bouts of cancer, said recently that he became more comfortable with his eventual demise after his friend and colleague Doug McGrath died. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI directed that wonderful New Yorker, Doug McGrath, in his one-man show that he\u2019d written for himself. And he didn\u2019t show up at the theater one night because, in his office by himself at about four in the afternoon, he\u2019d lain down, had a heart attack and died at age 64,\u201d Lithgow revealed on the Dec. 5 episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4vMKoZrLesOkoj5YEQklNd?si=0861ebd1ea224f68&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=c95f82422c1247e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Rachel Martin\u2019s podcast \u201cWild Card.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Lithgow and Doug McGrath <span class=\"credit\">X\/John Lithgow<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was such a traumatic thing to experience. He died painlessly and almost courteously. He didn\u2019t make anybody else suffer over his death except over the fact that it had happened like that,\u201d the Emmy-winner added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>When host Martin asked whether McGrath\u2019s death changed anything for Lithgow, the actor responded, \u201cI was startled at how soon I was able to absorb it. It\u2019s just having happened and the new reality. This lovely man, who was quite a dear friend having worked together so closely, he was simply gone, and I knew that he was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin then followed up, putting it to Lithgow, \u201cDid it make you any more or less comfortable with your own demise?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore,\u201d the star replied. \u201cI just know it\u2019s coming. It\u2019s coming, and I think the best thing is to have a gracious ending.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Lithgow at the FYC event for \u201cThe Old Man\u201d season 1 held at The Directors Guild of America on Jun. 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif.  <span class=\"credit\">Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Lithgow in a scene from \u201cConclave.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lithgow also shared that he thinks of how he wants to leave his life as being similar to how he leaves roles he has played.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI calculate my exit from any film or television or stage play, and I always wanna have a good ending. Well, I wanna have a good ending to my life, too \u2014 that no one grieves over, and is appropriate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking for scores of Lithgow\u2019s fans, Martin told the \u201cThird Rock from the Sun\u201d actor, \u201cWell, people will grieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Lithgow speaks at the PBS presentation of \u201cArt Happens Here with John Lithgow\u201d during 2024 TCA Winter Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Pasadena on Feb. 12, 2024 in Pasadena, Calif.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Lithgow as Harold Harper on \u201cThe Old Man.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019m talking about these things,\u201d Lithgow then said with a laugh. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had three cancers in my life. First in 1988, 2004, and then only a couple of years ago. In every case, dealt with immediately and put an end to \u2014 you know, melanomas that could be removed, detected early and removed. A prostatectomy that eliminated prostate cancer from my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m almost glad that I had the shocking experience of being told you have a malignancy,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n<p>Those near-death experiences also made Lithgow contemplate, \u201cOh my God, this might really \u2014 I might die of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was a useful experience to have,\u201d he explained, \u201cin terms of just putting your whole life into perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/05\/entertainment\/john-lithgow-says-hes-comfortable-with-dying-after-friends-death\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We only get so long on the third rock from the sun. 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