Benedict Cumberbatch Writes Touching Letter to the Grieving Family of Sherlock Fan
Benedict Cumberbatch proved what a thoughtful guy he is after it was revealed that he wrote a touching letter to the family of a 14-year-old Sherlock fan after hearing about her death.
The letter is an apology from Cumberbatch after he missed Eve Shepard's funeral because he was “filming the show she loved.”
Eve's father Mark said, "It was absolutely unbelievable, we know that Eve would have been jumping for joy.”
Eve was born premature and underwent more than 200 operations after needing a tracheostomy when she was three months old. Cumberbatch had previously sent Eve a signed picture, “wishing her well and saying that he wants to meet her.”
The letter to Shepherd’s family was read at her funeral service on Monday, and said the following:
I send my deepest sympathies to Eve’s family. To lose someone so young who fought for her health all her life must be beyond endurance. I hope they can take solace from the fact that she was clearly much loved and her support of our show is hugely appreciated and shall be remembered. I wish I could be there but sadly am filming the show she loved. God rest her soul. With all my love and sympathies, Benedict xxx
