Spike Milligan would have been 100 today and here are 13 favourite things people are sharing on Twitter
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Spike Milligan struck up a friendship with George Harrison that lasted for many years. However, much to Spike’s annoyance, George often lived up to his reputation as The Quiet One… pic.twitter.com/CJQ1N2BIRj
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) April 16, 2018
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Spike Milligan served in WWII. When his dad was informed by letter that his son had “been hospitalised,” he wrote back: “How DARE you turn my son into a hospital.”
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) April 16, 2018
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Spike Milligan sends some feedback to Morecambe & Wise… pic.twitter.com/SZ0kpXEMfg
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) April 16, 2018
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I must go down to the sea again,
To the rolling sea and the sky.
I left my vest and socks there
I wonder if they're dry?When I was a kid, my father and I bonded over the work of Spike Milligan who was born 100 years ago today.
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) April 16, 2018
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Spike Milligan would have been 100, today – which gives me reason enough got post this, again. I had asked him (at 18) how to be rich and famous. His reply … #Spike100 pic.twitter.com/srTac0v9aU
— Steve Doherty (@SteveDoherty1) April 16, 2018
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Last one. Here’s the desperately sad telegram sent to Spike Milligan by Peter Sellers shortly before Sellers died.
More: https://t.co/kyyXzwRfkE pic.twitter.com/LZ1DrWCmuo
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) April 16, 2018
RIP Spike.
