Editing Neil Innes (section)

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Neil Innes by Luke Ford adjust.jpg|thumb|221x221px|Innes in 2007]]
While a student at Goldsmiths College, London, in the mid-1960s Innes met Yvonne Catherine Hilton; they married on 3 March 1966. The couple had three sons, Miles (b. 1967), Luke (b. 1971), and Barney (b. 1978).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://neilinnes.org |title=Words of Innespiration – The Lyrics & Unplanned Career of Neil Innes |publisher=Neilinnes.org |access-date=23 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20021113090950/http://neilinnes.org/ |archive-date=13 November 2002  }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16084860&menu=bio |title=Neil Innes |publisher=MSN Music |access-date=23 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810114453/http://music.msn.com/music/artist-biography/neil-innes.1/ |archive-date=10 August 2011}}</ref>

Innes died of a [[heart attack]] on 29 December 2019 at [[Montcuq]], Lot, France, where he had lived for several years.<ref name = NYT>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/arts/music/neil-innes-dead.html|title = Neil Innes, a Master of Musical Humor, Dies at 75|date = 30 December 2019|access-date = 30 December 2019|work = [[The New York Times]]|last = Genzlinger|first = Neil}}</ref><ref name="BBCdies" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/monty-python-musician-neil-innes-dies-aged-75-a4323151.html|title=Monty Python musician Neil Innes dies, aged 75|date=30 December 2019|website=Evening Standard}}</ref> Fellow entertainers, including [[John Cleese]] and [[Stephen Fry]], paid tribute to him.<ref>{{cite web|last=McGrath |first=Rachel |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/john-cleese-stephen-fry-tributes-john-innes-a4323221.html |title=John Cleese leads tributes to 'towering talent' Neil Innes after Monty Python collaborator's death aged 75 |work=Evening Standard |date=30 December 2019 |access-date=30 December 2019}}</ref> ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]'' star [[Mark Gatiss]] also paid tribute to Innes. Comedian [[Diane Morgan]] called him "one of the nicest people I've ever met and a towering talent," and director [[Edgar Wright]] said he was "forever a fan" of Innes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-the-rutles-monty-python-dies|title=Neil Innes, Rutles star and 'seventh Python', dies aged 75|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|date=30 December 2019|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

''Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life With Neil Innes'' – "The Official Biography" – by his widow Yvonne Innes, was published in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/dip-my-brain-in-joy-neil-innes-review/|title=Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero|first=Paul|last=Whitelaw|work=[[The Big Issue]]|date=21 January 2025|access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref>

On 28 November 2024, a one-off concert "A Celebration of the life of Neil Innes: 'How Sweet To Be An Idiot{{'"}} was held at the [[The O2|Indigo at The O2]] in London, featuring Innes's music played by colleagues and admirers, as well as poetry and comedy. Artists included [[John Altman (composer)|John Altman]], [[Charlie Dore]], [[Michael Palin]] and [[Terry Gilliam]], [[Maddy Prior]], [[Adrian Edmondson]], [[Tom McGuinness (musician)|Tom McGuinness]], [[Roger McGough]], [[Yo La Tengo]], [[Terrafolk]], [[Andy Roberts (musician)|Andy Roberts]], [[Larry Smith (musician)|"Legs" Larry Smith]], Luke Innes, [[Kevin Eldon]], Isabella Coulstock, [[Joe Stilgoe]], [[The Rutles]] and [[Emo Philips]] among others, and the event was hosted by [[Sanjeev Bhaskar]] and [[Martin Lewis (humorist)|Martin Lewis]]. Pre-recorded tributes from [[Stephen Fry]], [[Aimee Mann]] and [[Rick Wakeman]] were also shown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theo2.co.uk/events/detail/neil-innes|title=A Celebration of the life of Neil Innes &#124; The O2|first=The|last=O2|website=www.theo2.co.uk}}</ref>