Comedian Rob Delaney admits he wants to die in same room his son died in

Comedian Rob Delaney has said that he wants to die in the same room his son died in.

The Catastrophe actor and his wife, Leah, tragically lost their two-year-old son, Henry, in January 2018 following two years of treatment for a brain tumour.

During an appearance on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, he revealed that Henry died in the same room his last son was born in.

Delaney has since opened up about asking the landlord of the property that Henry passed away in to let him know if he was ever selling it so he could buy it from him.

Recalling the conversation with his landlord, Delaney said: "Listen, if you ever go to sell this place, let me know first because I would like to buy it.

"So when I'm 81 I can crawl in here and die. In the same room that my son died in, that my other son was born in."

Before Henry passed away, Delaney and his wife explained to him that they were expecting another child.

The Deadpool 2 star continued: "He had to know that this family that loved him was alive and was growing and that there was somebody that we were going to tell about him.

"We knew that they would not overlap corporally on this Earth, even though Henry's younger brother was born in the same room that Henry died in, our living room."

Delaney. 47, shared that he and Leah had thought about leaving London, but decided to stay in the capital city because of memories of their son.

"For so many reasons, we've stayed, one of which is I like to go put my hands on slides at the playground that Henry slid down," he said, adding that he sometimes bumps into the nurses that looked after Henry and praised the NHS for taking such good care of him.

Delaney previously opened up about Henry's diagnosis and death in his 2022 book, A Heart That Works.

Delaney said that Henry had been diagnosed with a brain tumour after his first birthday, and while the tumour was removed, the cancer sadly returned.

Recounting Henry's final days, the actor wrote: "I lay with him, and Leah held him and danced with him. His brothers read to him and played with him.

"It was just the five of us in the house. Five people who loved each other and needed each other. Henry opened his eyes and looked into Leah’s eyes around five the next morning. Then he died."

Delaney continued: "I am so happy Henry died at home. I am so happy that he did so in the arms of his beautiful mother, who loved him desperately.

"I am so happy that he lay between us afterward and we could kiss and hold him and stroke his beautiful, long, sandy-blond hair."

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