T he famous epitaph on Spike Milligan's gravestone, "I told you I was ill", has been added to , at the end of a bitter feud between the ex-Goon's family members. The comedian died in 2002,. Terence Alan " Spike " Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 - 27 February 2002) was an Irish [a] comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor.
Spike Milligan's revised headstone at St Thomas's Church, Winchelsea, East Sussex Stock Photo
Spike Milligan's headstone bearing his famous joke "I told you I was ill" has vanished from its Sussex graveyard. The comic is buried at St Thomas's Church in Winchelsea. But the headstone has. 16 Apr 1918 Maharashtra, India Death 27 Feb 2002 (aged 83) Rye, Rother District, East Sussex, England Burial Winchelsea Churchyard Winchelsea, Rother District, East Sussex, England Show Map Memorial ID 6522482 · View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Memorials Region Europe England East Sussex Rother District Winchelsea 27 February 2002: Spike Milligan's gravestone has the last laugh For the final Culture Re-View of last week, it was the anniversary of the day Russian troops invaded Ukraine. It seemed. Spike Milligan's gravestone has been altered to bear the name of his third wife after a family feud over the comedian's famous epitaph. The stone features the Milligan quip: "I told you I.
The newly erected headstone of Spike Milligan in the grounds of St. Thomas the Martyr Church
The last words of Spike Milligan. Spike Milligan (1918 - 2002) is described on his gravestone (of which more later) as 'Writer, Artist, Musician, Humanitarian, Comedian'. He was certainly all of those things, but it is as a comic genius and the father of post-war British comedy that he is best remembered. His epitaph reads: Published May 25, 2004 This article was published more than 19 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. Late British comedian Spike Milligan, the creator of landmark radio series. Spike Milligan's desire to have his grave inscribed with the satirical words, "I told you I was ill", appeared to many a fitting epitaph to one of the country's greatest comics. Yet, more than two. Comedian and poet Henry Normal feels Spike Milligan changed his life, in particular with his 1973 poetry collection, Small Dreams of a Scorpion.. His gravestone in Winchelsea - which Henry.
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The headstone of Spike Milligan in East Sussex which includes in the inscription, his own epitaph in Gaelic which translated means 'I told you I was ill' Some, like former cabinet minister Ann. Digging The Coast 365 Day 62. Finally moved on to some lovely sand for a spot of detecting before going to meet a comedy legend, Spike Milligan.Website: http.
PORTRAIT OF THE HEADSTONE AT THE GRAVE OF ACTOR AND COMEDIAN SPIKE MILLIGAN IN THE CHURCHYARD AT
Comedian Ade Edmondson went on a seaside jaunt to the Hastings area at the weekend - and visited Spike Milligan's grave. By Alex Watts Published 14th Feb 2022, 15:34 GMT Updated 14th Feb 2022, 15:39 GMT Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now She also noted that the epitaph on Spike Milligan's headstone in St Thomas's church graveyard in Winchelsea - "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite" ("I told you I was ill") - was in Irish.
