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Spike Milligan

KBE
Spike Milligan; KBE
Born	Terence Alan Milligan; 16 April 1918; Ahmednagar, British India
Died	27 February 2002 (aged 83); Rye, East Sussex, England
Resting place	St Thomas's Church Winchelsea, East Sussex, England
Citizenship	British (1918–1951); Irish (1951–2002)
Occupations	Actor; comedian; writer; musician; poet; playwright;
Years active	1951–2002
Spouses	June Marlow (m. 1951; div. 1962); Patricia Ridgeway (m. 1962; died 1970); Shelagh Sinclair (m. 1970);
Children	6

Terence Alan Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) known as Spike Milligan, was an British-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. He was famous for The Goon Show amongst other things. He died of kidney failure. On his grave, written in Irish is: "I told you I was ill".

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Spike Milligan KBE
Born	Terence Alan Milligan (1918-04-16)16 April 1918 Ahmednagar, British India
Died	27 February 2002(2002-02-27) (aged 83) Rye, East Sussex, England
Resting place	St Thomas's Church Winchelsea, East Sussex, England
Citizenship	British (1918–1951) Irish (1951–2002)
Occupations	Actor comedian writer musician poet playwright
Years active	1951–2002
Spouses	June Marlow (m. 1951; div. 1962) Patricia Ridgeway (m. 1962; died 1970) Shelagh Sinclair (m. 1970)
Children	6