of the Antarctic (1948). Whistle Down the Wind was made into a film in 1961 (starring daughter Hayley Mills) and an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in 1996. Its title is believed to have been inspired by the sound of the wind around the bow windows of The Wick, the family's home on Richmond Hill, London. Her 1962 novel, Far Morning, was illustrated by John Mills's niece, Molly Blake. Marriage and children It was while living at Tianjin, China, that she first met John Mills, who was on tour at the time. They next met when she was appearing in Tony Draws a Horse at the Comedy Theatre in London in 1939. She recalled an after-dinner party in Mills's dressing room after one of his performances as George in Of Mice and Men at the Apollo Theatre. Mills and Hayley Bell married at Marylebone Registry Office in London on 16 January 1941. Mills had a 48-hour pass from the Royal Engineers, so their honeymoon at Duke's Hotel was one night. The Mills's first home was a 16th-century cottage named "Misbourne" which they purchased in 1942 and lived at until the autumn of 1945. The survival of the marriage for the 64 years until his death on 23 April 2005 is rare in show business. Mills said that he regretted that his divorce from his first wife prevented Hayley Bell from having a church wedding. They renewed their marriage vows, sixty years after they married, at St. Mary's Church in Denham, Buckinghamshire on 16 January 2001. The Millses had three children: Juliet Mills (b. 1941) was star of television's Nanny and the Professor. Hayley Mills (b. 1946) was a Disney child star who was featured in such films as Pollyanna and the original The Parent Trap. Her son Crispian Mills became a successful singer with the rock band Kula Shaker. Jonathan Mills (b. 1949) is a writer and film producer. Death In 1975, the Mills family bought Hills House, Denham, Buckinghamshire, a 17th-century house with a four-acre (16 000 m2) garden. By 2003, it was too big and the stairs were too challenging for both Sir John and Lady Mills. They moved to a bungalow in the village in 2003. Lady Mills suffered from Alzheimer's disease and used a wheelchair in her final years. Sir John died on 23 April 2005, aged 97, in Buckinghamshire. His widow died eight months later, on