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Inside Joanna Lumley’s health as star says ‘don’t have much time left’

The Absolutely Fabulous actress recently opened up about her own mortality.

Inside Joanna Lumley’s health as star says ‘don’t have much time left’ (Image: Getty)

Dame Joanna Lumley has been candid about her health over the years. The actress, 79, shared her “time is coming quite soon” after suffering health setbacks over the years, including neurological disorder prosopagnosia, also known as “face blindness”.

The actress and presenter has been gracing our screens for over five decades – from playing a Bond girl in the 1960s, to a spy in the New Avengers in the ’70s and a drunken Patsy Stone in the ’90s.