1957, Joyce and Christopher Mann bought Chartwell Farm (not the Chartwell historic home) and Bardogs Farm, Kent, from Sir Winston Churchill. Their home in London was bought by the actor Richard Todd. Joyce and Christopher Mann had always claimed they were legally married, but that did not occur until 1978, after he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The wedding took place at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, with Joyce using the name Eileen Barratt. Mann died at Chartwell on 11 December 1978, aged 75. Joyce experienced considerable ill health throughout her adult years, particularly severe rheumatism in her shoulders, which at one time necessitated the wearing of a plaster cast, and she also suffered from sciatica. Towards the end of her life, she developed senile dementia. She died in 1991, aged 83, at East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey. References Further reading Eileen Joyce: A Portrait, Richard Davis, with foreword by Stephen Hough; Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2001 External links Biography, bach-cantatas.com Eileen Joyce at the National Portrait Gallery, London 1900s births 1991 deaths Date of birth uncertain Australian classical pianists Australian women pianists Australian people of Irish descent University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni Alumni of the Royal College of Music Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom Australian harpsichordists Musicians from Tasmania Pupils of Tobias Matthay Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century Australian musicians People from Zeehan 20th-century Australian women 20th-century women pianists