Actress Jill Freud is said to have died surrounded by her loved ones. Daughter Emma tells about her mother’s last words.
Photo of Jill Freud from 2005. PDO
Actor Jill Freud has died at the age of 98. His daughter Emma Freud made the sad news public.
– My beautiful 98-year-old mother has taken her last bow. We had a lovely evening and knew he would be leaving soon. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren and we ate pizza. Then he told us all to go to hell so he could go to sleep. He never woke up, Emma says The Guardian – according to the news site.
– His last words were “I love you”, he adds.
Jill Freud managed to tell her family that she loved them before she died. PDO
Freud was missed, among other things, by his five children, 17 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Born in London, Freud’s last film appearance was the role of a housekeeper Love Actually in the movie (2003). The film was directed and written by his son-in-law Richard Curtis.
Once Jill as Raymond the famous actress changed her last name when she married a chef Clement Freud with who was Sigmund Freud grandchild. Clement Freud died in April 2009.
According to The Guardian, Jill Freud inspired the character of Lucy by CS Lewis In the Narnia book series. According to the site, at the age of 16, Freud moved in with Lewis for two years in an evacuation center during World War II, as The Wizard and the Lion – The Chronicles of Narnia -book happened to Lucy and her siblings.
Lewis sent the book to Freud, who at the time was unaware of his involvement in the book. Freud found out that he served as the inspiration for the character in the book in 1956.