US Edition'It's the Most Ghastly Waste of Time' - Miriam Margolyes Shares Health Update
Miriam Margolyes, 84, uses a walker due to spinal stenosis and osteoporosis, acknowledging past health neglect and expressing openness to assisted dying if independence is lost.
- In a Daily Mail's Weekend Magazine interview published Friday, Miriam Margolyes, BAFTA award-winning actor, age 84, said she should have done more for her health when younger.
- On the 2023 `How to Fail` podcast, Miriam Margolyes reflected that her `greed and lack of discipline` and failure to exercise left her feeling she had `let her body down`.
- Now using a walker, Miriam Margolyes revealed last year she was diagnosed with spinal stenosis, affecting her walking, and she refused Ozempic, saying it's not for people who are really sick.
- She added that she would ask to be put down if unable to care for herself and hopes to spend as much time as possible with Heather Sutherland at their home in Italy.
- As a public figure, Margolyes' openness highlights 2024 health experts' five simple habits, including a Mediterranean diet, that improve long-term wellbeing.
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Bournemouth Echo
Miriam Margoyles shares end of life admission in sad health update
Actress Miriam Margolyes has updated fans on her health, admitting that she would pursue assisted dying if her health declines.
Oxford Mail
thisisoxfordshire.co.ukOxford actress Miriam Margolyes: 'I've let my body down'
Harry Potter star Miriam Margolyes has admitted that she has "let her body down" in an interview about her health.
'Harry Potter' actor Miriam Margolyes, 84, says she was 'foolish' for not taking better care of her body
Miriam MargolyesDavid Levenson/Getty ImagesMiriam Margolyes says she regrets not taking better care of her health when she was younger."I wish I'd done exercise. It's the most ghastly waste of time, except that it keeps you going," she said.The "Harry Potter" actor said she "would ask to be put down" if she ever became unable to care for herself.Miriam Margolyes, known for playing herbology expert Professor Sprout in the "Harry Potter" franchise…
British actress Miriam Margolyes, known for her role as Professor Pomona Sprout in the “Harry Potter” saga, has moved the public with her honest and frank vision of her health and the closeness of death. At 84, the actress has spoken openly in several interviews about her physical condition, admitting that she feels “physically in decline” and that she does not have “a lot of life left.” In a conversation with a well-known magazine, she said: “W…
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