She was supposed to be coming out, but the last two years of her life had been a decline: she would get worse, then she would get better, then she would get worse,” he explained.
Stephens and his brother Chris Larkin announced their mother, who was best known for her prominent roles in Harry Potter and Downton Abbey, had died “peacefully” in hospital in September last year.
Maggie Smith’s son Toby Stephens has opened up about the final weeks of the acclaimed actor’s life.
“I’d spent hours and days sitting with her at home and in hospital over the course of two years, and there was nothing I had left unsaid,” Stephens said.
Smith’s health was in decline for the final two years of her life and by 2023, the Oscar-winning actor had stopped working altogether.