{"id":376142,"date":"2025-12-28T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/376142\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:50:08","slug":"glenn-close-shares-her-death-wish-and-the-cottage-she-wants-to-die-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/376142\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Close Shares Her \u201cDeath Wish\u201d and the Cottage She Wants to Die In"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glenn Close wants to end her life in a place that has meant the world to her since childhood. The actress is building a stone cottage modeled after her grandparents\u2019 cozy home, and she says she cannot think of a better setting to spend her final days. The 78-year-old actress adored spending time on the warm, inviting property when she was a youngster, and those memories stayed with her long after she grew up. For Close, the project is more than a renovation or a design dream. It is a full-circle return to a space that made her feel safe, inspired, and deeply happy.<\/p>\n

Appearing on the latest episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus\u2019 Wiser Than Me podcast, Close explained why the cottage has always held such a powerful place in her heart. \u201cThey had this wonderful stone cottage on their farm, on their property that I think originally had been a slaughterhouse,\u201d she remembered. \u201cBut it was made into this really cozy cottage. And that was my first memory, in that little cottage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\u00a9 WireImage Glenn Close attends the world premiere of Hulu’s “All’s Fair” at DGA Theater Complex on October 16, 2025 in Los Angeles<\/p>\n

As she spoke, Close painted a picture of the idyllic setting that has stayed with her for decades. \u201cStone, it had ivy on the front,\u201d she recalled. \u201cIt had literally a white picket fence around it, in the middle of a hay field and woods.\u201d<\/p>\n

That early sense of comfort is what inspired her to recreate it now, as she\u2019s building a home that reflects where she has been and where she hopes to go next. \u201cSo I decided when I was building this house, because I\u2019m living my life backward, that behind the house I was gonna build a cottage, a stone cottage,\u201d Close explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause the happiest and most inspiring years of my life was in that place.\u201d And then she shared the part of the plan that left Louis-Dreyfus stunned. \u201cI have decided that I am going to end my days in that cottage,\u201d Close said.<\/p>\n

The All\u2019s Fair legend, who lives in Bozeman, Montana, added that the cottage will have \u201ctwo bedrooms,\u201d one for herself and another for her eventual caretaker. Despite the seriousness of the subject, Close suggested she still feels youthful at 78, admitting she feels \u201cprobably around in my 20s, maybe early 30s.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s where I\u2019m gonna die, happily,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Louis-Dreyfus, 64, was visibly impressed by Close\u2019s clarity and control, telling her she could not believe her \u201cextraordinary\u201d plans. Close responded by revealing that construction is already well underway, and the project is moving quickly.<\/p>\n

\"Glenn<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the stone part is built,\u201d Close shared. \u201cAnd I think this week they\u2019re starting the porch, there\u2019s a little porch that goes down onto a terrace that\u2019s between the cottage and the bigger house.\u201d She added that imagining it finished brings her a deep sense of peace. \u201cIt makes me so happy to think that,\u201d Close said.<\/p>\n

Louis-Dreyfus continued to marvel at how thoughtfully Close has shaped her life and how intentional she seems about what comes next. \u201cI think that\u2019s such an incredible thing to really, you call it living your life backwards, but you\u2019re really sort of in control of things in a way that most people don\u2019t get the opportunity to do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s extraordinary that you\u2019ve been able to pull that off. And I\u2019m just now thinking, I got to build a cottage around here for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glenn Close wants to end her life in a place that has meant the world to her since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,29576,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-376142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-celebrity-deaths","12":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}