Rob Delaney

2022 - 10 - 16

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'The heaviest pain': Rob Delaney opens up about son's death (The Independent)

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.”

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Rob Delaney opens up on the agony of losing his two-year-old son (Metro)

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’.

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