dʒˈɛŋkɪnz, ɐ lˈɔŋtaɪm smˈoʊkɚ hˌuː stˈɑːpt ɪnðə fˈaɪnəl jˈɪɹz ʌv hɪz lˈaɪf, dˈaɪd fɹʌm ɹˈɛspɹətˌoːɹi fˈeɪlɪɹ, kˈɔːzd baɪ ˌɪdɪəpˈæθɪk pˈʌlmənˌɛɹi fɪbɹˈoʊsɪs, æt jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi kˈɑːlɪdʒ hˈɑːspɪɾəl ɪn lˈʌndən ˌɔn twˈɛnti sˈɛvən mˈeɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti tˈuː, ˈeɪdʒd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt.
Jenkins, a longtime smoker who stopped in the final years of his life, died from respiratory failure, caused by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at University College Hospital in London on 27 May 1992, aged 58.