Spartacus Star Andy Whiftields Final Words To His Children

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Vashti Whitfield, the wife of the late Spartacus: Blood and Sand star Andy Whitfield has shared the actors touching words he said to his two children before he lost his battle with cancer, a little over a week ago. I am going to go to sleep now as my body wont work anymore. I am like a butterfly with broken wings, Vashti told Australias The Telegraph, recalling the actors last words to children, Jesse Red, 6, and Indigo Sky, 4, before he died from non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. He also told his two children, I will always be with you and will always be watching over you. I love you. Vashti also recalled the moment they learned the actors cancer had returned in September 2010 after they initially thought his chemotherapy was successful. Our hearts were broken, she told The Telegraph. Everyones language changed. They said it meant he had never really beaten it the first time. Adding, But the children look so much like him. And they can look in the mirror every day and see their dad. As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, the Australian actor died on September 11, 2011 in Sydney. He was 39. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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