The actor and his wife Leah's son passed away in January 2018 at the age of two, following two years of treatment for a brain tumour. Delaney opened up about ...
Henry opened his eyes and looked into Leah’s eyes around five the next morning. “I am so happy Henry died at home. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) His brothers read to him and played with him.” Five people who loved each other and needed each other. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. “It was just the five of us in the house. However, a follow-up scan in September found that the cancer had returned. He delivered the news calmly, and ended by saying a paediatric brain surgeon would come to see us within a few hours. The heaviest pain in the world. I felt like I had suddenly quadrupled in weight, and an oily, black whirlpool began to swirl where my heart had been.”
Henry was diagnosed with a brain tumour just after his first birthday. Following surgery to remove the tumour, the cancer later returned, leading to his death.
I felt like I had suddenly quadrupled in weight, and an oily, black whirlpool began to swirl where my heart had been.’ And that, to me, is such a pleasure.’ ‘You might think you brought him up, but I was already thinking about him. Would that be so bad?’ And now in his upcoming book entitled A Heart That Works, he has described the ‘heaviest pain’ that he and Leah experienced while Henry was terminally ill. Rob Delaney has told of the agony of losing his two-year-old son Henry, describing it as ‘the heaviest pain in the world’.