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George Melly's Last Stand

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  • 08-11-2007 2:42pm
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    MoominPapa
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    Last night on BB4.
    Anyone catch this? It was a wonderful, moving program that followed the last few months of Melly's life as he was dying from double lung cancer as well as a host of other complications including dementia. A life long atheist Melly refused treatment when diagnosed as it would require him to stop drinking and smoking and would have made it impossible for him to continue performing, which he did up to a few weeks before he died. Cared for by his remarkable wife he, with whom he had an incredible open marriage, they slept with each other once in the last 35 year of their marriage and he gives her the clap! he is visited by ex lovers, friends and family as he prepares for death. His final gig at the 100 club is defiant and, appropriately, very punk but equally distressing for his family and friends in the audience.
    The film maker states that the main reason for making the program was to show that it is possible to have a "good death" even when suffering from dementia and taking it at face value it succeeds. Melly, never once displaying a ounce of self pity, is humorous and warm to the end. I've check for repeats but couldn't find any, but if you get the chance watch it.

    Bisexual, he only practiced straight sex later in life, when asked by Parkinson "What made you give up on gay sex, was it the love of a good woman?" he replied "Certainly not, it was the love of lots of very bad women!":D


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