Peter Egan has announced the death of his wife in a heartbreaking post.
The Downton Abbey star was married to his wife Myra for 49 years, after meeting on the set of TV drama The Organization in 1972.
The actor, who portrayed ‘Shrimpie’ the Marquess of Flintshire in the hit series, shared the news via Twitter on Wednesday.
The 74-year-old said: “This is the saddest post I will ever have to make. My wonderful wife Myra, my friend & soulmate lost her battle with cancer at 1.30am on Tuesday.”
“This message is for all her followers on her FB & Twitter @EganMyra. She was the most amazing human being. My heart is broken.”
This is the saddest post I will ever have to make. My wonderful wife Myra, my friend & soulmate lost her battle with cancer at 1.30am on Tuesday. This message is for all her followers on her FB & Twitter @EganMyra She was the most amazing human being. My heart is broken. pic.twitter.com/gn0jbNKc6d
— Peter Egan (@PeterEgan6) March 31, 2021
In the video, Peter said: “Hi everyone. This is probably the hardest video I’ll ever have to make.”
“I’ve been absent from social media quite a lot recently, people asking why and indeed so is my wonderful wife of 49 years Myra, who like me has been a very active campaigner for a long time for all of the animals of the world that we care about…”
“I’m finding it very difficult to say that my wonderful wife died of cancer in the early hours of Tuesday morning at 1:30am and I’m absolutely devastated. It’s very hard to think straight at the moment.”
“I’ll be taking a break from social media for a while I get myself together and while I arrange things for my wonderful wife Myra. She was the most amazing woman I’ve ever met, I miss her desperately.”
“I will carry on my campaigning because she was the person that taught me to be human, to be compassionate, to be kind and to be empathetic.”
“Goodbye for now and please everyone, be kind,” he concluded the clip.
