'Nicholas won't be back after losing lad'

Published date23 January 2022
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
The Only Fools comedy legend, 60, is staying out of the spotlight while he grieves for his son Archie, who had a brain haemorrhage at just 19

And writer Laurence Marks, who has known Nicholas for more than 25 years, has warned it is unlikely he will ever return to showbiz.

He told the Daily Star Sunday: "Nicholas underwent tragedy. It must have broken his heart. It would break anyone's heart.

"He has always kept himself to himself and now he'll do that more than ever. Now he's lost his son, he'll never come out again. I doubt we will see him do any more acting.

"I would like to say we will see him act again, but I don't think we will. We will have to live on the visual memories of him and we have loads of them. We have got to be grateful for that."

Nicholas has had a glittering career in TV for almost five decades. Millions know him for...

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