Benny Hill...and his grave with a marble slab over it...His grave was attacked and his coffin smashed to find the valuables that were supposed to be there.
He was an amazing talent, he was also a very strange man. He was very fond of Jack Benny, and used his name as a tribute.
He was also a great fan of Charles Chaplin, and when he was invited to Chaplin's home, Hill was amazed by how much Chaplin had on video of Hill's work.
Michael Jackson was also a big fan of Hill.
It seems his life was not the happiest. Interesting that is often the lot of comedians...
He lived in quiet seclusion.....
Had a massive collection of videos of all kinds and seems to have spent a good deal of his life watching them.....
He lived all alone and was found dead in April of 1992 in his armchair in front of his TV.
His death was due to a heart attack and he had been dead several days.
He was quite over weight and the doctor had asked him to try to loose but he declined..............
He died and was buried in Southampton, England in Holly brook Cemetery...In October of 1992 his grave was pillaged and the coffin lid smashed as vandals tore apart the grave of Hill in search of what they thought were great valuables....
There appears to have been nothing...But his body was placed back and the lid was replaced on his coffin. .................
There was heavy marble slab placed over his grave...and Benny Hill is now like his friend Charlie Chaplin, who suffered a similar fate.....safe, secure, and peacefully dead.
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