Peter Kay has updated fans on fellow comedian Sir Billy Connolly ’s health 15 years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease .

The beloved Scottish actor, 83, retired from touring in 2018, five years after the crushing diagnosis, which came on the same day he also found out he had early-stage prostate cancer.

While Sir Billy was given the all-clear following successful surgery to remove the cancer, Parkinson’s is an incurable and degenerative neurological disorder.

His 2013 diagnosis came after Sir Billy noticed he was forgetting lines in performances, and his health has since deteriorated.

While talking about meeting his heroes, the Bolton-born comedian, 52, told a crowd at Salford’s Lowry Theatre: ‘I met Billy Connolly. I still keep in touch with Billy Connolly now and he

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