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  • NAME: Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan
  • OCCUPATION: Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Writer
  • BIRTH DATE: April 16, 1918
  • DEATH DATE: February 27, 2002
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Ahmednagar, India
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Rye, East Sussex, England
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Spike Milligan was an Irish writer and comedian who led the comic troupe featured on the 1950s British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio hit The Goon Show.

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Spike Milligan was an Irish writer and comedian. Raised in British India, he moved to England as a teen. After serving in World War II, he and a friend entertained the troops with comedic acts. Others joined, and the BBC began broadcasting his troupe's work on the 1950s radio hit The Goon Show. He also acted on stage and in films, wrote books of poetry, war memoirs and a play.

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