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Tom Murray

Michael Palin announces death of his wife Helen: ‘The bedrock of my life’

Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival

Michael Palin has announced the death of his wife Helen Gibbins who he described as “the bedrock of my life”.

The couple had just celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary. Gibbins was 80.

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