Ben Affleck Recalls Some of His Mother’s Last Words—and How They Made Him Think About His “Own Mortality”

Ben Affleck Recalls Some of His Mother’s Last Words—and How They Made Him Think About His “Own Mortality”

“You realize, yeah, we only get so much time.”Ben Affleck kissing his mother Chris.Credit: GettyThe GistBen Affleck lost both of his parents this year—his father Tim in April, and his mother Chris in June.On the October 6 episode of GQ’s “One More Question” podcast, the actor reflected on the words his mother told him before her death at age 83.“She said, ‘But I thought 83 years would feel like longer,’” he recalled.Both of Ben Affleck’s parents…

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