However, in true Billy Connolly form, when he was first diagnosed he made the audience laugh as he joked: “I’ve got Parkinson’s disease. I wish he’d f***ing kept it.”
Despite initially making light of the illness, he later confirmed he would never do another comedy show.
During his ITV documentary titled, Billy Connelly: It’s Been a Pleasure, Billy got candid and shared: “It’s got me and it will get me and it will end me but that’s OK with me.”
The neurological side of Parkinson’s disease meant he would no longer be able to remember his stories properly.
Thankfully, Billy is now working with his wife to put his stories all in one place in an upcoming autobiography.
