Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan KBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was a British-Irish actor, comedian, writer, poet and playwright. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born in India, where he spent his childhood, relocating to live and work the majority of his life in the United Kingdom. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg.
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Full name at birth | Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan KBE
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Claim to fame | The Goon Show
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Date of birth | 16 April 1918
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Place of birth | Ahmed Nagar, India
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Date of death | 27 February 2002
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Age | 83 (age at death)
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Place of death | East Sussex, England
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Cause of death | Liver disease
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Resting place | St Thomas's Church Winchelsea, East Sussex
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Occupation | Actor, Comedian
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Spike Milligan is known for his role in the film History of the World: Part I (1981) as Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution.
He is also known for his role in the documentary Under the Volcano (2021) as Self (uncredited).
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