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Monty Python comedy legend Michael Palin is mourning his wife Helen Gibbins, whose death he announced on Tuesday.
Palin, 79, shared news of Helen’s death on hispersonal website, writing that she “died peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday morning.”
The comedian noted that he and Gibbins had just celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary in April.
“Her death is an indescribable loss for myself, our three children and four grandchildren,” Palin continued in his statement.
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“Helen was the bedrock of my life,” he added. “Her quietly wise judgment informed all my decisions and her humour and practical good sense was at the heart of our life together.”
Palin announced in 2022 that Gibbins had moved into respite care after she did not respond well to pain medication prescribed to her, according toThe Guardian.
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“Fame really is a trap,” Palin told the outlet at the time while speaking about his career. “When I start complaining about this, Helen quite rightly says: ‘Well, here’s an idea: don’t make another 10-part television series.’ But fame would cut anybody off from the kind of things that I like to do.”
source: people.com
