Editing Michael Gambon (section)

==Personal life and death==
Gambon married mathematician Anne Miller in 1962.<ref name=Billington /> Known for being protective of his privacy, he once responded to an interviewer's question about his wife by asking, "What wife?". The couple had homes in [[Gravesend]], Kent, and [[Aldeburgh]], Suffolk.<ref name = Davidson>{{cite news|url = https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23821122.sir-michael-gambon-dies-stars-aldeburgh-recycling-fight/|title = Sir Michael Gambon dies: Star's Aldeburgh recycling fight|last = Earth|first = Matthew|date = 28 September 2023|accessdate = 28 September 2023|newspaper = [[East Anglian Daily Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Mirror">{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/casual-vacancys-sir-michael-gambons-5171035|title=The Casual Vacancy's Sir Michael Gambon's TWO families revealed: Wife of 50 years and lover 25 years younger|work=Daily Mirror|location=UK|date=16 February 2015|access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref> They had one son, Fergus (born around 1964),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Govan |first=Chloe |date=2023-09-28 |title=Inside Michael Gambon's life with Antiques Roadshow star son and younger partner |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1817738/Michael-Gambon-private-life-death-partner-wife-son-antiques-roadshow |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> who later became a ceramics expert on the BBC series ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2016/08/26/emotions-run-high-on-antiques-roadshow-as-expert-fergus-gambon-uncovers-rare-dolls-worth-200000-6091407/|title=Emotions run high on Antiques Roadshow as expert Fergus Gambon uncovers rare dolls worth £200,000|work=Metro|location=UK|date=26 August 2016|access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref>

Gambon brought Philippa Hart, a woman 25 years his junior, to the set while filming the 2001 film ''[[Gosford Park]]'' and introduced her to his co-stars as his girlfriend. When their affair was publicly revealed in 2002, he moved out of the home he shared with his wife, though they later reconciled.<ref name = Mirror/><ref name = Nightingale>{{cite news|title = Michael Gambon, Dumbledore in the 'Harry Potter' Films, Dies at 82|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/arts/michael-gambon-dead.html|last = Nightingale|first = Benedict|date = 29 September 2023|accessdate = 29 September 2023|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|page = A1|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was with Hart, a set designer, from 2000, when they worked together on [[Channel 4]] series [[Longitude (TV series)|''Longitude'']].<ref name = Nightingale/><ref name="Mirror"/> In February 2007, it was revealed that Hart was pregnant with Gambon's child and gave birth to a son.<ref name="Mirror"/> The couple had a second son in 2009.<ref name="Mirror"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon becomes a father at 68 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5599810/Harry-Potter-actor-Sir-Michael-Gambon-becomes-a-father-at-68.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5599810/Harry-Potter-actor-Sir-Michael-Gambon-becomes-a-father-at-68.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=14 October 2020 |work=The Telegraph |date=22 June 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> They owned a home in [[West London]].<ref name = Mirror/>

In the [[1998 New Year Honours|New Year Honours 1998]], Gambon was appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]] for services to drama.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=54993 |date=30 December 1997 |pages=1–2  |supp=1}}</ref> On 17 July 1998, he was invested by [[Prince Charles]] at [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=55229|page=8994|date=18 August 1998}}</ref>

Gambon was a qualified private pilot. His love of cars led to his appearance on the BBC series ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]''. He raced the [[Suzuki Liana]] so aggressively that it went around the last corner of his lap on two wheels. The final corner of the [[Top Gear test track|''Top Gear'' test track]] was named "Gambon Corner" or simply "Gambon" in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Gear, Season 1, Episode 8|url=http://www.motoringbox.com/cars/entertainment/top-gear/episode-guides/series-1/series-1-episode-8/|website=Motoringbox.com|date=29 December 2002 |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.topgear.com/uk/tv-show/series-1/episode-8 | work=Top Gear | access-date=5 October 2014 | title=The one with Gambon corner | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010162958/http://www.topgear.com/uk/tv-show/series-1/episode-8 | archive-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> He appeared on the programme again in 2006 and set a time in the [[Chevrolet Lacetti]] of 1:50.3, a significant improvement on his previous time of 1:55. He clipped his namesake corner the second time, and when asked why by [[Jeremy Clarkson]], replied, "I don't know, I just don't like it."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.topgearbox.com/2006/episode-guides/series-8/series-8-episode-5/ | work=Top Gear | title=Top Gear: Series 8, Episode 5 | access-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>

Gambon died in [[Witham]] on 27 September 2023, aged 82, following a bout of [[pneumonia]].<ref name = Nightingale/><ref name = Davidson/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Davidson|first=Tom|date=28 September 2023|title=Sir Michael Gambon dead: Legendary Harry Potter and The Singing Detective actor dies peacefully in hospital|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/michael-gambon-dead-harry-potter-actor-b1110061.html|website=Evening Standard|access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref> Gambon made headlines in March 2024, when it was revealed that Philippa Hart, his long-term girlfriend and mother of two of his sons, had been left nothing in the actor's will. Almost all of Gambon's fortune was passed to Lady Gambon, his wife of 61 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/michael-gambon-death-will-harry-potter-b2507766.html|title=Dumbledore actor Michael Gambon's wife inherits £1.5 million fortune|website=[[The Independent]] |date=6 March 2024|access-date=6 March 2024}}</ref>