Denis Healey was born on 30 August 1917 in Mottingham, Kent, England, UK. He was married to Edna Healey. He died on 3 October 2015 in Alfriston, Sussex, England, UK.
He appeared in the revue, "Parliamentary Palace of Varieties," at the St. John's in Smith Square, London, England in the 8th Annual House of Lords and House of Commons Parliamentary Palace of Varieties in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief with Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke, Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett and Baroness Hooper (charwomen); Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; MP4, a cross-party rock group; Sir Patrick Cormack; the Parliamentary Choir Barbershop; Lembit Opik MP; Stephen Pound MP; and Nigel Evans MP; Rt. Hon. Michael Ancram; Viscount Chandos; Lord Falconer of Thoroton; and Rt. Hon. Michael Makes in the cast.
[when asked in 2009 whether he would have made a good prime minister if he had stood for the Labour leadership against James Callaghan in the 1970s] "I probably would. But it is better for people to wonder why I wasn't prime minister than to wonder why I was."
