![]() ![]() It has gone past moral decency now and there should be a gravestone for him." "It looks as though his immediate children are too busy trying to sort out the will rather than the headstone. It is for his legitimate children to sort out. "We were told that it wasn't any of our business. We put an angel on the grave last year and that is all that marks his grave. Margaret, said: "I find all of this very upsetting. James and Margaret claim their attempts to erect a headstone have been thwarted by the more immediate heirs to Spike. The only monument is a small praying angel placed last year by James. Marked by pot-plants placed by his children and grandchildren, the grave has become overgrown and is one of two without headstones at the churchyard in the ancient seaside town of Winchelsea, East Sussex. His chosen words were: "I told you I was ill." Today Margaret Maughan, who had an eight year secret affair with the comic genius and had a son James to him, told of her anguish.įrom the family home in Hexham, she revealed her feelings over the family feud that has caused her to be shunned by Spike's other children.ĭespite protests from Margaret and James, as well as adoring fans, there is still no headstone to honour Spike, who told family and friends he wanted a zany epitaph to provoke laughter even after his death in February 2002. ![]() He was one of Britain's greatest-ever funnymen, loved by generations - but today Spike Milligan lies in an unmarked grave.īecause of a bitter family dispute the final resting place of the ex-Goon has no headstone two years after his death. ![]()
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