It was a simple wish and one most likely to be gratified.

Today though, at the age of 57, and with just hours before the New Year, he has a more simple wish.

Then there are just the simple wishes, the bonds that not even time or distance can break.

These simple wishes are not uncommon to those with terminal illnesses.

Yet it seems everyone is conspiring against me and my simple wishes.

Can someone make my simple wish come true?

His last movie was the successful children's film, A Simple Wish.

"A Simple Wish" may be about magic, but it is far from magical.

And today he could not even fulfill his simple wish of having a cup of tea.

It would have been nice to have a clearer message on this point rather than simple wishes.