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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

‘Her thunder would not be stolen’: Damian Lewis speaks about loss of Helen McCrory

Helen McCrory shows off her OBE with Damian Lewis
Helen McCrory, accompanied by Damian Lewis, displays her OBE after the award ceremony in November 2017. Photograph: Steve Parsons/AFP/Getty Images

Damian Lewis has spoken publicly for the first time about the loss of his wife, Helen McCrory, who died last year from breast cancer aged 52.

During an evening of poetry dedicated to McCrory at the National Theatre, Lewis paid tribute to the “one person whose thunder would absolutely not be stolen”.

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