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Sue Holderness has opened up about the death of Only Fools and Horses costar John Challis, admitting she still hasn’t come to terms with it or grieved.
The actress, 72, who played Marlene opposite John as Boycie, is in constant contact with his real-life wife Carol since the actor died at the age of 79 last September after battling cancer.
Appearing on The One Show, Sue explained: ‘Double acts you often hear hate each other, John and I became very good friends right from the very beginning.
‘His wife and my husband, the four of us would go on holiday together, we saw each other regularly, I still speak to Carol every day.’
Sue admitted that she has not come to terms with John’s death, adding: ‘It’s very difficult for me to say that I have really gone through the grieving process because I haven’t, I still don’t believe he is gone.
‘He feels very much as though he is still with us and, of course, he will be with us, he will be in our lives forever because of the wonderful Boycie that he created.’
Sue’s appearance on the show came after Only Fools and Horses was crowned the nation’s most-loved BBC TV programme by viewers.
She had played the wife of used car salesman Boycie, played by John, in the smash hit comedy which ran from 1981 to 2003.
Despite the show finishing almost 20 years ago, Sue says that she still gets children coming up to her who are fans of the show through their parents.
She explained: ‘I think that’s what [creator] John Sullivan wanted, he had the older generation and kids in mind when he was writing this so everybody, the whole family, were able to sit and watch his shows and laugh.
‘I hear it all the time that in these really rather gruesome times people are turning to Only Fools particularly because it is escapism really.
‘You can forget what is going on outside and it is huge fun, they say laughter is the best medicine.’
The One Show airs weekdays from 7pm on BBC One.
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