Death
Allen lived quietly in Holland Park, west London, in semi-retirement while enjoying the regular company of his close friends and devoted family. A keen amateur artist, he continued to exhibit his paintings. He had given up cigarettes, which he had smoked regularly during his television appearances in the 1970s.
He died peacefully in his sleep in 2005 at the age of 68. He is survived by Karin Tynan O'Mahony (née Stark), his wife of eighteen months, and by his three children from his first marriage, Edward, Jonathan and Jane. Six weeks after his death, Karin gave birth to a son, Cullen.
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