SPIKE MILLIGAN HEADSTONE FULL

When asked if he had any deathbed wishes he replied “a full moon and Joanna Lumley.” They were good friends. Miller wasn’t a recommendation enough, Spike was a huge fan of Joanna Jumley whom he called “a true human being”. He was strongly disliked by that popmpous, self-important windbag Jonathan Miller and as if not being liked by J. Well in that case Spike rates pretty high. They say you can tell the worth of someone by the company they keep. Apparently he could be a nightmare to work with and was certainly at times rude and abusive to colleagues and friends but he inspired temendous affection and respect, and he had a profound influence on whole genrations of comedians who followed from Python to Eddie Izzard and Harry Hill.Īs did this take on Gerald Manley Hopkins I think his genius was that he saw the humour in the obvious and could identify and express the absurdity of life. When his Goons colleague and friend Harry Secombe died Spike said he was glad because he dreaded the thought of Seacombe singing at his funeral (actually a tape of Secombe singing was played at the service!) As if the language made any difference!). (It’s actually written on the headstone in Irish – the church wouldn’t allow it to be written in English. I suppose one of the most famous is his epitaph “I told you I was ill” which has to rank as one of the best epitaphs ever. RF ID: DYBTCH Image details Contributor: Brian Hartshorn / Alamy Stock Photo File size: 24.9 MB (1.7 MB Compressed download) Releases: Model - no Property - no Do I need a release Dimensions: 2350 x 3705 px 19.9 x 31.4 cm 7.8 x 12.

There are so many funny words and stories associated with him Spike Milligan's revised headstone at St Thomas's Church, Winchelsea, East Sussex. I’m not sure why he didn’t want to be buried there but it fits the occasion. The service is at Golder’s Green Crematorium, and the family thought that the deceased would have smiled at the reading of this poem I was asked to read a poem by Spike Milligan at a funeral I am conducting on Friday.

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