Editing Colin Wilson (section)

== Illness and death ==
After a major spinal operation in 2011,<ref>{{cite web |title=COLIN WILSON DIES AT 82 |url=http://www.colinwilsonworld.co.uk/Pages/News.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323191858/http://www.colinwilsonworld.co.uk/Pages/News.aspx |archive-date=23 March 2014 |website=Colin Wilson World}}</ref> Wilson suffered a stroke and lost his ability to speak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/09789-anthony-rey%C2%ADnolds-colin-wilson-interview|title=The Quietus&nbsp;– Anthony Reynolds Discusses Colin Wilson|access-date=11 April 2013}}</ref> He was admitted to hospital in October 2013 for pneumonia. He died on 5 December 2013 and was buried in the churchyard at [[Gorran Churchtown]] in [[Cornwall]].<ref name="IndepObit">{{cite news | title=Colin Wilson: Author (Obituary) | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/colin-wilson-author-8991678.html | newspaper=The Independent | author-link=Marcus Williamson | last=Williamson | first=Marcus | date=8 December 2013 | access-date=17 January 2014 }}</ref> A memorial service for him was held at [[St James's Church, Piccadilly]], London, on 14 October 2014.