Shelagh Sinclair's first glimpse of her future husband ... went for lunch and never went back."' It was Spike Milligan. 'When I turned up he didn't recognise me. He was a nightmare to work for ...

Spike Milligan ... his agent Norma Farnes said. Milligan had suffered ill health for some time and had been nursed by his third wife Shelagh in recent months. He died of kidney failure.