Ann Widdecombe's heartbreaking take on mortality before murder
The former Tory MP admitted that she was ‘not frightened’ of death.
Ann spoke about her mortality (Image: X / EWTN)
An old clip of Ann Widdecombe speaking to EWT News correspondent Colm Flynn about death has resurfaced in the wake of her murder. The former Tory MP was found dead, aged 78, in her home on July 9.
The clip shows Colm asking the Celebrity Big Brother and Strictly Come Dancing star if she thinks about her mortality. She replied: “Throughout my 60s I never thought about mortality… I was going to live forever. When you get into you mid-seventies, probably about 75, things start happening. You develop twinges that you’ve never had before and you start to forget names that you’ve known all your life. Little signs are there and they are intimations of mortality.” She went on: “You realise it’s not going to be any different for you, you are going to pop your clogs at some stage and you are going to go.”
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Colm asked if the thought of that frightens her. She shared that she was not afraid at all.
“Frighten me? No. I’d go to heaven and be with my mother and my father and my brother,” Ann said.
“I always hope I might be with my past cats as well but I don’t think that’s theologically sound.”
Colm reshared the clip on X, formerly Twitter, after the news of Ann’s death broke. He wrote: “You’ve got to admit it, Ann Widdecombe was one of a kind. Rest in peace, Ann.”
The politician and reality TV star was found dead with serious injuries at her Dartmoor home on Thursday. Concerns were first raised after she failed to appear for a scheduled television interview on Wednesday afternoon.