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91-year-old Judi Dench shares oddly specific way that she would like to die
Dame Judi Dench has revealed the location that has become her 'dream place to die', and it’s not one that comes to mind first.
The actress has enjoyed a career that only a few could hope to achieve, and despite still being an actress and beloved member of the British acting world, the 91-year-old has given her death some thought recently.
However, the way she wants to go is every bit of Dench as Dench could be.
Per the James Bond actress, she wants to pass away in a theater dressing room, after having performed the performance of a lifetime.
Speaking to The Times, Dench revealed her inspiration: The late actor Newton Blick.
She said to the outlet: "I want to be like Newton Blick, who died in his dressing room after a performance; I want to be one of those women who throw themselves out of planes when they're 100."
Okay, so maybe we shouldn’t encourage her to throw herself out of a plane. But dying naturally of old age after doing what you love, and in a place that feels like home...it’s a dream for those who love the arts.
She also spoke about the good things about getting older: “They give you a dressing room nearer the stage.”
So, that sets the scene for her first location to die.
But it’s not all a good thing.
"You have to contend with people asking, 'When are you going to retire?' or, 'Isn't it about time you put your feet up?' No, it bloody well isn't," she said of aging.
As it turns out, she doesn't even like when people call her Britain’s ‘National treasure’, and says she ‘loathe it,' she said.
Why? She said: "Makes me sound like a dusty old relic that's been stuffed away in the back of the cupboard, along with some dinosaur fossils and a broken Roman shield."
Now, while she’s having no problems with revealing her thoughts and the truths of her life – she also recently admitted to something a little more legal.
Such as driving without a license for 30 years.
According to her memoir, Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?, which was co-written with her friend and actor Brendan O'Hea, she said: "I really loved that car. It had a retractable roof, which wouldn’t close, and so I always drove round with a couple of handy sou’westers in the glove compartment in case it rained.
"And then I got caught going round Parliament Square."
She explained that when an officer asked for her license, she admitted to only holding a provisional one.
From there, she admitted she was reported for driving without L-plates and with a broken sidelight.
"I think I was called to appear at Bow Street magistrates’ court - it was as serious as that,” she remembered.
"Anyway, I tried my luck and I wrote a letter. ‘Dear Sir,’ I said, ‘on such-and-such a date I was stopped by the police and accused of not having L-plates. I did have L-plates — they were adhesive, but you know what the weather’s been like these days, my lord.’
"I actually wrote that. I was still fined £2, which was a lot of money back then."
She said she finally got her license at 50.
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