O'Toole lonely after deaths of nine friends

04/05/2007 - 07:46:14
Veteran actor Peter O'Toole is suffering from a heartbreaking spell of loneliness after a number of his closest friends have died in the past year.

The 75-year-old Venus star, who sprung back from a hip replacement surgery to attend the Oscars last Sunday, has admitted he is "lonely with no chums".

He says: "Nine of my friends died in one year. I do have one chum still left, a shaky old thing who said to me recently: 'When I die, I want you to drink hot gin and pee on my grave.'"