Goon but not forgotten

The complex life of comic Peter Sellers

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One of Britain’s greatest comic actors, Peter Sellers was famous worldwide in the 1960s and 1970s thanks to his role as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther films.

But behind his funny persona, Sellers had a complex personal life, with multiple marriages, affairs, alcohol, and drug problems and rumours of erratic behaviour.