Editing Warren Mitchell (section)

==Personal life and death==
Mitchell described himself in an interview as an [[atheist]], but also stated that he "enjoy[ed] being Jewish".<ref name="scotsun">{{cite web |last=Deveney |first=Catherine |title=The pride of prejudice |access-date=20 July 2007 |work=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/features/The-pride-of-prejudice.2570786.jp |date=10 October 2007 |archive-date=11 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311002944/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/features/The-pride-of-prejudice.2570786.jp |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a patron of the [[British Humanist Association]].<ref>[https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/patrons/warren-mitchell/ "Warren Mitchell"], British Humanist Association website</ref> In 1951, he married Constance Wake,<ref>BMD Register – General Register Office.  Warren Missel / Constance M Wake 2nd quarter 1951, St Pancras Middlesex. Volume 2 Page 776.</ref> an actress who appeared in early 1960s television dramas such as ''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]]''. They had three children<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27046865 |title=Warren Mitchell obituary: Alf Garnett and much more |work=BBC News |date=14 November 2015 |access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11995843/Warren-Mitchell-Alf-Garnett-actor-dies-aged-89.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11995843/Warren-Mitchell-Alf-Garnett-actor-dies-aged-89.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Warren Mitchell, Alf Garnett actor, dies aged 89 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=14 November 2015 |access-date=14 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

For over 20 years, Mitchell suffered pain from nerve damage, caused by [[transverse myelitis]], and was a supporter of the [[Neuropathy]] Trust.<ref name="wm dies"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Curtis|first=Keryn|url=https://www.agedcare101.com.au/the-donaldson-sisters/learning-from-the-death-of-alf-garnett/|title=Learning from the death of 'Alf Garnett'|website=agedcare101|date=4 March 2016|access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://www.neurocentre.com/gallery-1.php Neuropathy Trust] accessed 27 June 2007 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129033853/http://www.neurocentre.com/gallery-1.php |date=29 January 2007 }}</ref> He suffered a mild [[stroke]] in August 2004. He was back on stage a week later, reprising his lauded role as a cantankerous old Jew in [[Arthur Miller]]'s [[The Price (play)|''The Price'']].<ref>Keenan, Catherine [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/01/20/1106110868423.html "What's it all about, Alfie?"], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', Arts section, 21 January 2005.</ref>

In sharp contrast to his signature Alf Garnett character, who was a staunch [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], Mitchell was a socialist and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] supporter. He believed that the [[2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2010 Labour Party leadership election]] had a lack of firebrands.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Debating Warren Mitchell's film |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-10715644 |access-date=2023-06-14}}</ref>

Mitchell died aged 89, at the [[Royal Free Hospital]] in [[Hampstead]], London, on 14 November 2015, following a long illness.<ref name="ODNB"/><ref name="wm dies">{{cite news |author=Thorpe, Vanessa |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/14/warren-mitchell-dies-aged-89-alf-garnett |title=Warren Mitchell dies aged 89 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 November 2015 |access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref>