It has been reported that a "bitter feud" has erupted over the fortune of late comedian and actor Benny Hill, who died aged 68 in 1992.

Hill, whose real name was Alfred Hawthorne Hill, died in his home in Teddington after suffering both a heart attack and kidney failure in the space of a few days.

He was found in his armchair, having been watching TV when he died.

The Benny Hill Show, which ran from 1955 to 1989, catapulted Hill to global fame with its use of slapstick sketch comedy and frequent innuendo.

The Metro reports: "A will written by Hill in 1961 left most of his estate to his parents, but they both died before him – this resulted in his £7.5million fortune (worth £16million in 2025) being divided up among several nieces and nephews.

"However, it's now been claimed that Hill 'wasn't close' to his extended family, and that a second will was written, leaving his fortune to many of his colleagues instead.

"Sue Upton, who was part of the Hill's Angels dance troupe, has claimed that she was among the listed names on the second will that apparently never made it through probate."

In an interview with MailOnline, the 70-year-old said: "Benny never saw his family, he wasn't close to them at all. The people who he worked with for many many years on the show, we were his family.

"He used to say to me 'you haven't got to worry about money Little Sausage, you're in my will' and I would feel embarrassed because it's a very cagey subject.

"He said the same thing to a few people, but Benny was the world's worst person for paperwork, he would leave cheques on the mantelpiece because money didn't matter to him."

She continued: "I was told there was a piece of paper with people's names and amounts and I was on that list which is typical of Benny but it wouldn't stand up in court so that was that.

"The people who he wanted to share and enjoy his money lost out because we didn't have a leg to stand on.

"Talk is cheap, and I would urge people to learn from his mistake and if you want to leave something to somebody in your will do it in the proper manner

"After Benny's death nobody had any contact with the family, it was almost like 'don't call us, you haven't got a leg to stand on' and all his estate and everything since is distributed among his living relatives."

It is reported that Upton's name is listed on the second document alongside Hill's friends and colleagues such as Dennis Kirkland, Bob Todd, Louise English, and Henry McGee.

However, MailOnline says it has "heard differing accounts as to whether the more recent will was produced but rejected during probate because it had not been signed and witnessed correctly or that it was lost by the notoriously unorganised star and could never be produced by its would-be beneficiaries".

The paper writes: "Instead the fortune was split between Hill's seven nieces and nephews who had little to no contact with him."

When approached by MailOnline, one of Hill's family members who was named in the will replied: 'I think there's been some confusion [over the estate].'