Scuttlebutt
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 1:09 pm
I can't say that it reflects any credit on Miriam Margolyes that she leaked this hearsay reference Jacqueline Du Pre's death, whether it is true or not! Some things are best kept under wraps forever.
The fact that this "reminiscence" appears in a book like this leaves a very bad taste in the mouth.Miriam Margolyes has defended her controversial decision to reveal what she believes is the truth about the early death of the great British cellist Jacqueline du Pré. In her new memoir the actor claims that a mutual friend was responsible for secretly assisting the suicide of 42-year-old Du Pré, who was suffering the serious effects of multiple sclerosis.
It is, Margolyes argues, now her duty to speak out, three decades on, although she knows some readers will question her right to tell such a private story.
Margolyes has a long reputation as an uncompromising plain-speaker and her book, This Much is True, is filled with naughty anecdotes and ribald stories. However, this particular astonishing reminiscence has upset members of Du Pré’s family, including her former husband, the pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/202 ... pres-death