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Michael Palin, 80, heartbreakingly admits he misses the 'reassurance' his late wife Helen Gibbins gave him one year on from her death


The Monty Python star, 80, announced Helen had sadly passed away following a battle with chronic pain and kidney failure on May 2 last year.

The Monty Python star, 80, announced Helen had sadly passed away following a battle with chronic pain and kidney failure on May 2 last year, just weeks after they marked their 57th wedding anniversary. The Monty Python star announced Helen had passed away following a battle with chronic pain and kidney failure on May 2 last year, weeks after their 57th wedding anniversary (pictured in 2015) Announcing the news on his blog last year, Michael shared a selfie of them together and wrote: 'My dearest wife Helen died peacefully in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

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