Richard E Grant became emotional and struggled to hold back tears as he introduced the in memoriam section of the 2023 Baftas this evening (Sunday February 19).
His wife Joan Washington, a voice coach to celebrities including Penelope Cruz and Jessica Chastain, died in September 2021 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. The couple had been in a relationship for 38 years and had been married for 35 of them.
Grant had one daughter with Washington, Olivia, and a stepson, Tom. She passed away eight months after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.
