'I’ve lost the ability to write': Billy Connolly shares Parkinson’s heartbreak

'I’ve lost the ability to write': Billy Connolly shares Parkinson’s heartbreak

Comedian Billy Connolly sad he has good and bad days with the disease

Billy Connolly has said he has lost the ability to write due to Parkinson's disease. 

The 78-year-old comedian, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013, said losing the ability to write "breaks my heart" because he loved writing letters. 

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