Spike’s infamous epitaph gets the last laugh in survey

Goon Show creator and comedian Spike Milligan’s infamous epitaph, “I told you I was ill”, has been named as the best parting line.

Milligan who died in 2002, aged 83, gets the last laugh again after he received nearly two thirds of the vote in a survey.

Milligan was the runaway winner (with 60% of all the votes) — ahead of Oscar Wilde’s “Either the curtains go or I do” (10%) and Frank Sinatra’s “The best is yet to come” (7%).