Timothy West's son shares sad update on mum Prunella after actor's death

Timothy West died earlier this month, and his son, Samuel, gave an updated astir his parent Prunella Scales, who was diagnosed with dementia successful 2014

Timothy West ’s son, Samuel West, has opened up astir however his beloved mum, Prunella, is faring successful the aftermath of Timothy’s death.

Coronation Street and EastEnders prima Timothy died astatine the property of 90 connected November 12, survived by histrion Prunella and their family, including great-grandchildren. Prunella was diagnosed with vascular dementia successful 2014, with Timothy noticing signs arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2001, and Samuel hinted that Timothy played a large relation successful looking aft his wife.

“We worked unneurotic 13 times, but I astir apt learnt much from Da astir beingness than astir acting. He taught maine that enthusiasm was cool. He taught maine that touring this country, professionally oregon otherwise, is beauteous and we should each bash much of it. And helium taught maine to thin successful and emotion beingness successful each its detail,” Samuel, besides an actor, said astir his dad.

“He utilized to say: ‘Always bash arsenic overmuch probe arsenic you can, due to the fact that adjacent if lone 10 per cent of it is useful, the much you do, the bigger the 10 per cent is.’”

Travelling was a immense passionateness for the family, with Timothy sharing his emotion of canal routes with his woman and children. Samuel shared that Prunella precocious went connected a cruise, and enjoyed "getting there" contempt not knowing wherever she was during the journey.

"If there’s 1 happening that sums [my dad] up, I deliberation it’s Great Canal Journeys, which made specified a quality to the second portion of his and my mum’s life," helium added of the household hobby. When I’m connected the canals, arsenic the inheritor of his look and his eyes that vanish erstwhile we smile, I’m ever asked by passing boaters to nonstop their champion to him and Pru."

"He maintained that GCJ was astir concern architecture. We knew it was truly a emotion story, tested by my mum’s dementia and seasoned with each the attendant scrapes and narrows and insignificant irritations of 61 years’ marriage, but held unneurotic by large cables of respect, companionship and love."

After Timothy’s death, Alzheimer's campaigner Angela Rippon opened up astir however caring helium was towards his wife aft her diagnosis.

"I'm truthful saddened by that quality due to the fact that I deliberation to everyone who knew them, it's unexpected. And I deliberation what the fantastic happening was astir their narration was that Tim was Pru's carer and helium grew into the world of dementia with her,” she said.

"He progressed successful his cognition of dementia arsenic she progressed successful the condition. And that's wherefore I deliberation the programmes that they did together, the ones peculiarly connected their barges, were wonderful. Because what Timothy knew you had to bash with idiosyncratic with dementia is not dainty them differently…I really had a writer erstwhile accidental to me, wasn't I embarrassed to beryllium talking astir the information my mum had dementia? Tim was ne'er embarrassed and nor was Pru astir the information that they were surviving with dementia. They conscionable went connected successful ensuring that Pru was capable to unrecorded good with her condition."

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