Craig Cash weeps as he remembers the huge talent of pal Caroline Aherne - a genius who saw all the comedy she needed in the supermarket
manchestereveningnews.co.ukCraig Cash weeps as he remembers the colossal talent of his comedy sidekick and close friend, Caroline Aherne. He is seen unable to hold back his emotions in a Christmas Day film to celebrate the Royle Family and Mrs Merton star's life.
Cash admits he was “in denial” over her cancer, even when she’d been told she had just two months to live. He also talks of the night she rang him - at the height of her fame - to say she was ending it all and had taken an overdose, the Mirror reports.
On her terminal cancer diagnosis, he said: “I just kept saying no, just kept repeating no. But there’s a lot to be said for denial.
And she was like ‘we had some laughs though didn’t we Cashy?” Craig, 63, chokes up as he remembers how determined she was to bring The Royle Family to the small screen, despite resistance from BBC bosses over it not having traditional ‘gags’ or a live studio audience. READ MORE: 'I'm devastated...
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