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Jamie Dornanis opening up about losing his mother Lorna when he was just a teenager.
Dornan, 36, was 16 when his mother died of pancreatic cancer in 1998. TheFifty Shadesactortold the BBCthat the experience was “horrific.” He added, “I often say this, but you don’t really know what the effects are of losing someone, particularly when you’re so young.”
“I’ve always wanted to be associated to a charity that means something to me in a major way,” Dornan said, according to the BBC. “It all seemed very fitting I could do whatever I can promote awareness of this horrendous disease.”
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Dornan said that the impacts of losing his mother to the disease persist to this day. “They are daily and continue to have an effect,” he explained. “You feel that they are manifesting over time in a way you didn’t expect them to.”
He continued, “You never get over it, and now that I have kids myself, I see they don’t have a grandmother from my side — that’s an odd thing.”
Dornan with his sister and father
Dornan has two daughters with wifeAmelia Warner, 36.
“We’ve got two little girls now, so it’s pretty insane,” Dornan said in 2016 onLive with Kelly. “It’s been a big adjustment, and it’s definitely harder and you get less time to yourself, but human beings are very good at adaptation.”
source: people.com
