Michael Caine would have been dead ‘long ago’ without Shakira Baksh

Michael Caine says he would have been dead “long ago” had he not married Shakira Baksh. The two married in 1973 and have a daughter, Natasha.

Caine, 82, had previously been married, to the actress Patricia Haines, but credits Baksh with making him a reformed character.

He told the Radio Times: “Without her I would have been dead long ago. I would have probably drunk myself to death.