Michael Palin announces the death of his wife Helen: ‘The bedrock of my life’
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Michael Palin has announced the death of his wife Helen Gibbins who he described as “the bedrock of my life”. The Monty Python star shared the news on his website, writing: “My dearest wife Helen died peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday morning. We live life with our fingers crossed.” Helen Palin and Michael Palin Palin himself underwent heart surgery to fix his mitral valve in 2019. “Well, my wife, she’s generally quite keen on me doing long journeys, but Iraq, no she didn’t want me to go to Iraq, not North Korea either,” he said last year.
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Michael Palin opens up on painful grief after death of wife Helen: ‘A great sort of emptiness comes in’
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