United Kingdom, Sept. 9 -- Dame Sheila Hancock still talks to her late husband John Thaw more than 23 years after his death.

The 92-year-old actress was married to the Inspector Morse star for almost 30 years until he passed away in 2002 at the age of 60 after a battle with cancer, and Sheila admits she still feels lonely without him

In a column for Prospect magazine, she wrote: " I sometimes feel lonely, although I am blessed with friends and family. They are all a great comfort, but eventually they go home.

"I am left with the gaping loss of the person who has left forever, with whom I could be totally honest and myself, warts and all. Who is there now to wipe my tears and make me laugh?

"I still talk out loud to my long-departed hu...