Editing Spike Milligan (section)

===Family===
Milligan married his first wife, June (Marchinie) Marlow, in 1952; Peter Sellers was best man. They had three children, Laura, Seán and Síle, and divorced in 1960.<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/02/28/goon-show-comedian-spike-milligan-dies/4a7e0e03-0bbf-4e7f-b413-cd0aa555842c/|title='Goon Show' Comedian Spike Milligan Dies|first=Adam|last=Bernstein|date=28 February 2002|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

He married Patricia Ridgeway (also known as Paddy) in June 1962, with [[George Martin]] as best man and the marriage produced one child, Jane Milligan (b. 1966). The marriage ended with Patricia's death from breast cancer in 1978.<ref name="washingtonpost"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Profile:+Spike+Milligan+-+My+dad+the+mad+hatter;+SPIKE+MILLIGAN'S...-a099592373 |title=Profile: Spike Milligan – My dad the mad hatter; Spike Milligan's Daughter Jane on life with the Goon |author=Alun Parker| via = Free Online Library |access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>
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He reportedly had two children by other mothers.<ref name="widow"/>

His last wife was Shelagh Sinclair, to whom he was married from 1983 until his death on 27 February 2002.<ref name="washingtonpost"/> Shelagh, who was 25 years younger than Milligan, died in June 2011.<ref name="widow">{{cite news |title=Comedian Spike Milligan's children await details of legacy after death of his widow Shelagh |first=Richard |last=Eden |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8584266/Comedian-Spike-Milligans-children-await-details-of-legacy-after-death-of-his-widow-Shelagh.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8584266/Comedian-Spike-Milligans-children-await-details-of-legacy-after-death-of-his-widow-Shelagh.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London |date=19 June 2011 |access-date=10 July 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Upon marrying Shelagh, Milligan made a new will which left his entire estate to his wife. The children unsuccessfully attempted to overturn the will. A High Court judge ruled that Shelagh was entitled to his whole estate, and his children should receive only “what was surplus to requirements”.<ref name="widow"/>

Four of his children collaborated with documentary makers on a multi-platform programme called ''I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan'' (2005).<ref>{{cite web | last=De Souza | first=Poppy  | title=I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan | website=australianscreen | url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/i-told-you-i-was-ill/clip1/ | access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref> 

In October 2008, an array of Milligan's personal effects was sold at auction by Shelagh, who was moving into a smaller home. These included his vast legacy of books and memorabilia and a grand piano salvaged from a demolition and apparently played every morning by [[Paul McCartney]], a neighbour in Rye in East Sussex.<ref name = "Auction">{{cite news|title = Auction reveals the secret life of Spike Milligan's |first=Jerome |last=Taylor |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/auction-reveals-the-secret-life-of-spike-milligan-1023107.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/auction-reveals-the-secret-life-of-spike-milligan-1023107.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=18 November 2008|work=The Independent|location=London|date=18 November 2008}}</ref> His children were distressed by the sale.<ref name="widow"/>