Award-winning filmmaker Lesley Paterson scatters her late husband's ashes on top of the Scottish peak where he asked her to marry him Click here to visit the Scotland home page for the latest news and sport By John Paul Breslin For The Scottish Daily Mail Published: 15:00 EDT, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 15:00 EDT, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments Award-winning Scots filmmaker Lesley Paterson has scattered the ashes of her late husband on the mountain where he proposed. The screenwriter said she ‘sprinkled’ the ashes of Simon Marshall on Dumyat hill in her hometown of Stirling yesterday. The emotional moment came during a celebration of his life, after he died from cancer .
Paterson, who won a Bafta and was Oscar nominated for her adapted screenplay for 2022 film All Quiet on the Western Front , said: ‘What a day so far! Sprinkled Simon’s ashes at the top of Dumyat in Stirling, where he proposed! 100s showed up to walk with us. From Australia, America and beyond.’ Last week Ms Paterson said she plans to ‘celebrate’ Mr Marshall’s life by doing something new every year on his birthday.
Ms Paterson and husband Simon Marshall at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles last year The 43-year-old Bafta winner made the announcement in a video posted on social media as she set off on her first memorial event – taking a trip on a luxury train to Bath. Sharing the video online, she wrote: ‘Every year I will celebrate Simey on his birthday by doing something I’ve never d.