The veteran Scottish comedian, who previously said he was an atheist, mused: \"It might be so lovely on the other side that you dont ever think about that..\"<\/p>\n
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Comedy legend Sir Billy Connolly says he has begun to get the inkling there is an afterlife.<\/p>\n
The 78-year-old, who was brought up as a Catholic, has previously described himself as an atheist and was openly critical of the Church.<\/p>\n
Asked now about death and a possible afterlife, he said: Who knows? It might be so lovely on the other side that you dont ever think about that.<\/p>\n
Im sure theres something. I dont know... in recent years, Ive just got a feeling that there is, that we dont just turn to sh*te.<\/p>\n
Sir Billy added: Maybe this is my refusal to accept something so mundane, that Ill be squashed, like any other garden mite, and thatll be the end.<\/p>\n
Well, that cant be what happens, can it?<\/p>\n
He also said his Parkinsons disease has got so bad he can no longer play his beloved banjo. Sir Billy, who was a musician before becoming a stand-up comic, added he struggles to get out of a chair.<\/p>\n
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Speaking about the neurological disorder, Sir Billy added: Sometimes I think of it like a strange animal.<\/p>\n
One that sits beside you and says, How will you get on without this?, before it takes away something else.<\/p>\n
I cant play the banjo any more. My handwritings gone. My yodellings gone... What works on a Monday to get you out of a chair doesnt always work by Wednesday. It can be a cruel disease.<\/p>\n
He added: I fly a lot in my dreams. I fly in an upright position, with a power that comes out the soles of my feet.<\/p>\n
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In an Observer interview to promote his new memoirs, Windswept & Interesting, Sir Billy said he can still fish near his home in the US state of Florida but had to dictate the book to his daughters.<\/p>\n
He is also still drawing and making artwork and is amazed there are people who collect it. In an ITV documentary called Its Been a Pleasure, Billy spoke last year about his new lease of life in Florida with wife Pamela Stephenson, 71.<\/p>\n
Pamela said at the time: What he wants to do is take it easy.<\/p>\n
He wants to fish on his dock in Florida, and enjoy the sunshine, watch television and drink tea and eat biscuits.<\/p>\n
In a show Billy made for the BBC that aired in 2019, he said: My life, its slipping away and I can feel it and I should.<\/p>\n
Im 75, Im near the end. Im a damn sight nearer the end than the beginning.<\/p>\n
The comments worried fans. Sir Billy, a welder in his home city of Glasgow before his life in showbiz, responded by recording a video while playing a banjo. He said: Not dying, not dead, not slipping away. Sorry if I depressed you. Maybe I should have phrased it better.<\/p>\n
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