Personal Life
Bygraves married WAAF sergeant Gladys "Blossom" Murray in 1942. The couple had three children: Christine, Anthony, and Maxine. Bygraves also had three other children from extramarital affairs: John Rice, Beverly Mayhew-Sass and Stephen Rose.
On 9 August 1974, Bygraves became stuck on cliffs near his house in Westbourne, Bournemouth when a kite flown by his grandson Michael became trapped beneath the edge of the cliff. He suffered friction burns to his hands and was in shock with police and firefighters helping him to safety. Max and Blossom Bygraves moved from Bournemouth to Queensland, Australia, in 2008. She died there in 2011, aged 88.
In 1999, Bygraves underwent treatment for an ear disorder having cancelled a number of performances on his doctor's advice.
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