‘Absolutely Fabulous’ Star Joanna Lumley Says She Doesn’t Have ‘Much Time Left’

British actress Joanna Lumley is getting candid when it comes to death and her own mortality, revealing that she expects her “time must be coming quite soon.” The Absolutely Fabulous star, who is celebrating her 79th birthday today, May 1, opened up in a new interview with My Weekly, where she said several of her “beloved friends are beginning to leave.” This revelation had Lumley in a reflective mood.

“As you near the top of the hill, you suddenly think: ‘Gosh, there’s not all that amount of time left,'” Lumley said. “My time must be coming quite soon and I don’t want to have wasted a minute of being on this beautiful planet.”