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Billy Connolly opens up about 'brave' choice amid Parkinson's battle. My life, it's slipping away and I can feel it and I should. He added: 'I'm 75, I'm near the end, I'm a damn sight nearer the end than I am the beginning but it doesn't frighten me, it's an adventure and it is quite interesting to see myself slipping away. It causes muscle stiffness, slowness of movement, tremors, sleep disturbance, chronic fatigue, an impaired quality of life and can lead to severe disability.
It is a progressive neurological condition that destroys cells in the part of the brain that controls movement. Sufferers are known to have diminished supplies of dopamine because nerve cells that make it have died. There is currently no cure and no way of stopping the progression of the disease, but hundreds of scientific trials are underway to try and change that. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
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It gets worse as you get older. In , Connolly's mother met him backstage after a gig in Dunoon, where she was working in the cafeteria at Dunoon General Hospital. It was only the second and final meeting between them since she abandoned him. She since had four children with another partner. He said: "I went home to her house and stayed the night, instead of the hotel. The sadness is She was a very nice woman, but we never got along.
We both tried to like each other, and I don't think she liked me very much. I don't regret it, but I'm sad about it. I wish I'd liked her. And I wish she'd liked me. In , Connolly's father died after a stroke, while his mother died five years later, in , of motor neurone disease.
A gifted banjo player and folk singer, he formed a duo called The Humblebums with Tam Harvey. In they were joined by Gerry Rafferty , who had approached Connolly after a gig in Paisley. After releasing one album, Harvey left the trio, and Connolly and Rafferty went on to release two more albums.
Billy's time with Rafferty influenced his future comedy, as he would tell audiences funny stories in between songs.
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