Editing Clive Swift (section)

==Personal life and death==
Swift was married to novelist [[Margaret Drabble]] from 1960 until their divorce in 1975.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sadler |first=Lynn Veach |title=Margaret Drabble |url=https://archive.org/details/margaretdrabble00lynn |url-access=registration |access-date=27 July 2013 |year=1986 |publisher=Twayne Publishers |isbn=978-0-8057-6907-4}}</ref> He was the father of one daughter, [[Rebecca Swift|Rebecca]] (who died in April 2017), known for running [[The Literary Consultancy]] in London, and two sons, [[Adam Swift]], an academic, and [[Joe Swift]], a garden designer, journalist and television presenter.<ref>{{cite news |last=Silgardo |first=Melanie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/25/rebecca-swift-obituary |title=Rebecca Swift obituary |work=The Guardian |date=25 April 2017 |access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref>

Swift died at home on 1 February 2019, aged 82, following a short illness.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/clive-swift-dead-keeping-up-appearances-actor-died-died-age-bucket-husband-a8758856.html |title=Keeping Up Appearances actor Clive Swift dies aged 82 |date=1 February 2019 |website=The Independent |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref> <!-- following a short stay at [[St Mary's Hospital, London]] where he was treated for a short illness which included breathing difficulties. [cannot find any good source] --> Paying tribute to Swift, fellow actor [[James Dreyfus]] said he "loved this extremely talented, subtle actor".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/clive-swift-dead-tributes-keeping-up-appearances_uk_5c547eb7e4b09293b203baf3 |title=Tributes Pour In For Keeping Up Appearances Actor Clive Swift |date=1 February 2019 |website=HuffPost UK |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> His ''Keeping Up Appearances'' co-star [[Patricia Routledge]] said: "Clive was a skillful and inventive actor with wide experience, as his successful career proved," and that she was very sad to hear of her former co-star's death.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47095343|title=Keeping Up Appearances' Clive Swift dies|work=BBC News|date=1 February 2019}}</ref>

Swift's elder brother [[David Swift (actor)|David]] was also an actor.