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I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.

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Spike Milligan
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: April 16
Died: 2002
Died: February 27
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Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan
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Terence Alan Patrick Sean Milligan
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