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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Timothy Spall's battle with leukaemia stops him from being a "t**t"

    The 68-year-old actor was given just a week to live when he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 1996 and he admitted his health battle makes him check himself when he starts getting annoyed by "petty" issues.


    Asked how his illness had affected him, he told The Observer: "The great thing now about life is that I really know I'm living it. I do still get caught up in the petty things, but I've got a benchmark against which I can say to myself, 'For Christ's sake, wind your neck in, you t***.' "

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