Michael Palin’s wife of 57 years Helen dead after suffering chronic pain and kidney failure
Michael Palin’s wife Helen has died after suffering chronic pain and kidney failure. The ‘Monty Python’ actor, 79, who had children Thomas, 54, William, 52, and Rachel, 48, with his partner of 57 years, announced on Tuesday (02.05.23) in a post on his official website she had passed away, seven months after it emerged she had been moved into respite care. Hailing Helen as the “bedrock” of his life, the presenter said: “My dearest wife Helen died peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday morning. “She had been suffering with chronic pain for several years, which was compounded a few years ago by...