Richard E Grant shares heartbreaking video after death of wife Joan Washington
He did not give a cause of death for voice coach Joan, 71. Withnail and I star Grant, 64, posted a video of them dancing to Only You, by The Platters, before embracing.
He wrote: “Only You! Joan ‑ Love of my Life & Giver of Life to our daughter Olivia. Our hearts are broken with the loss of your Life. 35 years married & 38 together.
“To be truly known and seen by you, is your immeasurable gift. Do not forget us, sweet Monkee-mine.”
They married in 1986, having met when she taught an accents session at acting school. Grant said he had not considered marriage until he met Joan, believing it to be “unnecessary”.
After they spent six weeks apart while he visited family in South Africa, Grant proposed to Joan at Heathrow when he returned.
They had Olivia in 1989, after Joan had three miscarriages. He is also stepdad to her son Tom from a previous relationship.
