A BITTER feud has erupted over Benny Hill’s £7.5million fortune, after claims his dying wish to leave cash to close friends and TV co-stars was binned – and the entire pot handed to family members he barely knew.
The legendary comic, once one of Britain’s most-loved entertainers, died alone in his rented Teddington flat in 1992 – aged 68 – with piles of uncashed cheques and leftover food beside him.
Despite global fame and enormous wealth, Hill was a notorious penny-pincher who glued his shoes back together, bought discounted groceries and left behind a modest flat instead of a mansion.
And while his official 1961 will named now-deceased family members, close pals insist he later penned a second, informal version, giving specific sums to longtime colleagues and friends including Sue Upton, Dennis Kirkland, Louise English, Bob Todd and Henry McGee.
But the document never made it through probate – either rejected for not being signed and witnessed properly, or simply lost by the disorganised star.
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