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Piers Morgan has paid tribute to the late, great Sir Michael Parkinson and recalled his reaction to making him cry during an interview.<\/p>\n
The Life Stories host spoke to the iconic broadcaster \u2013 whose death at the age of 88 was confirmed on Thursday, August 17 \u2013 for the ITV programme in 2019 and in his dressing room before the chat he told him he would \u2018never\u2019 make him cry.<\/p>\n
\u2018In his entire career as one of Britain\u2019s finest broadcasters, Parky had never shed a public tear. But then a remarkable thing happened,\u2019 Piers recalled, having asked Sir Michael about his late dad Jack, who was a pit miner who died in 1975 from pneumoconiosis.<\/p>\n
\u2018Given that 45 years had elapsed since then, I mistakenly assumed Parky wouldn\u2019t still feel overly emotional about the loss of his dad, and I think he assumed that too,\u2019 he continued in his piece for The Sun.<\/p>\n
Recalling the conversation with Sir Michael, he added: \u2018We were both very wrong. \u201cI\u2019d never seen anybody I loved die and I saw my dad die,\u201d he recalled. \u201cYou could see him withering away. For a man as vigorous as he was, it was like watching leaves fall from a tree.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018As he remembered seeing undertakers removing his father\u2019s body from the family home, Parky\u2019s face suddenly began to crumble.<\/p>\n
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\u2018\u201cI see the image very clearly, and I thought he\u2019s got to be worth a lot more than that\u2026 carrying him out in a little plastic bag.\u201d \u2018<\/p>\n
Piers then remembered the moment he saw the TV veteran break down \u2018uncontrollably\u2019, noting that filming had to be halted so he could \u2018compose himself\u2019.<\/p>\n
He continued: \u2018And then Parky, this incredibly tough, thick-skinned, and proud Yorkshireman, began to sob, uncontrollably, for several minutes. In fact, we had to stop recording so he could take time to compose himself.<\/p>\n
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\u2018It was a startling moment, without a doubt the most surprising and emotional in the whole 100-guest history of Life Stories.\u2019<\/p>\n
Piers went to see Sir Michael in his dressing room after the interview wrapped, revealing the TV icon apologised for \u2018blubbing like a baby\u2019 and \u2018losing it\u2019.<\/p>\n
He recalled Sir Michael telling him: \u2018I must have been storing away all the grief for over 40 years. I thought I\u2019d got rid of it, but I hadn\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n
The broadcaster ended up writing a book inspired by his dad called Like Father, Like Son \u2013 which he penned with one of his own sons, Michael Jr, and he admitted he was inspired by his emotions on Life Stories.<\/p>\n
Sir Michael\u2019s death was confirmed in a\u00a0statement\u00a0from his family\u00a0this week, as they said: \u2018After a brief illness Sir Michael Parkinson passed away peacefully at home last night in the company of his family. The family request that they are given privacy and time to grieve.\u2019<\/p>\n