Carry On star Kenneth Williams spent tragic last days | UK News

Carry On Jack star Kenneth Williams was residing in a modest and sparsely embellished flat in London in his tragic remaining days earlier than his death aged 62.

His co-star Juliet Mills mirrored on the poignant ambiance of his residing space during their remaining encounter, which lacked personal touches and appeared to reflect the loneliness he felt in his remaining days.

She shared her reminiscences of their time working collectively, as she revealed the expertise left a lasting impression on her, highlighting the complexities of his character each on and off the screen.

Speaking to Retro Boy magazine in 2019, Mills shared of their remaining assembly: “Well I must have seen him last around 1984/85. We had dinner; I went to his flat. He lived near Madame Tussauds.

“His flat was very spare to say the least. It was very tidy however there wasn’t a lot in it. In the sitting room was a couch and two chairs, two tables and two lamps and essentially the most improbable quadrophonic sound system as a result of he listened to classical music all of the time.

She completed: “His bedroom was a bed, a side table, and a big painting.”

The notoriously difficult star of the Carry On Film sequence was great buddies with Mills and supported her whereas she was pregnant when no person else knew she was.

She added: “Yes. I loved him. He didn’t suffer fools gladly, and he could be very impatient and rude to people, but if you were his friend, he was a loyal, loving friend and one of the funniest men I have ever met.

The cause of death was an overdose of barbiturates. An inquest recorded an open verdict because it was not possible to establish whether his death was suicide or an accident.

His diaries reveal that he had often had suicidal thoughts, and some of his earliest diaries record periodic feelings that there was no point in living.

He was cremated at East Finchley Cemetery, and his ashes were scattered in the memorial gardens. Williams left an estate worth under £540,000 (approximately equivalent to £1,829,000 in 2023).

Mills added: “He might simply make you chortle. He would repeat one phrase repeatedly, and you’ll be in stitches, ‘Yees, Yeeees, Yeeeees!’.

“Some of the funniest stuff from ‘Carry On Jack’ was probably on the cutting room floor because it wasn’t printable!”

Kenneth died on 15 April 1988 in his flat. His last phrases, recorded in his diary, had been, “Oh, what’s the bloody point?”