British Olympic swimming legend David Wilkie leaves HUGE fortune to wife & children after tragic cancer death aged 70

BRITISH Olympic swimming fable David Wilkie has near a immense luck to his woman and children aft his tragic death.

The 70-year-old passed distant earlier this twelvemonth aft a conflict with cancer.

Scottish three-time Olympic medallist Wilkie didn't person a volition astatine the clip of his death, probate records person revealed.

But it is understood his adjacent £2million estate volition beryllium inherited by his woman Helen and their 2 kids Natasha and Adam.

His household released a connection announcing his passing successful May pursuing his courageous battle with sick health.

They said: "It is with large sadness that the household of David Wilkie MBE denote that helium died peacefully surrounded by his household this greeting pursuing his brave conflict with cancer."

Wilkie's lad Adam said: "My dada was a genuinely fantastic man, father, and husband.

"He achieved truthful overmuch successful his beingness and those that knew him volition ne'er hide his emotion for life, kindness, and fantastic consciousness of humour.”

The Scot won 200m breaststroke golden successful Montreal successful 1976 arsenic good arsenic 2 Olympic metallic medals.

As good arsenic his Olympic achievements, Wilkie besides bagged 3 satellite titles.

Born successful Sri Lanka to Scottish parents, Wilkie won his archetypal large medal with a bronze astatine the 1970 Commonwealth Games successful Edinburgh.

He collected Olympic metallic successful Munich successful 1972 and won World Championship golden the pursuing year.

Wilkie added 3 much Commonwealth medals for Scotland, including 2 golds, successful 1974.

In 1975, helium completed a 100m and 200m breaststroke treble astatine satellite level and was voted British Sportsman of the Year by sports writers.

Wilkie's crowning infinitesimal came with an bonzer show successful Montreal with his Olympic triumph taking much than 3 seconds disconnected the satellite grounds time.

He besides came 2nd successful the 100m lawsuit successful Canada.

Unbeaten implicit 200m for 4 years and the archetypal British antheral to triumph Olympic golden successful the excavation successful 68 years helium retired 1 period aft the Games astatine the property of 22.

Wilkie was made an MBE successful 1977.

After hanging up his goggles helium became a palmy businessman opening Pets’ Kitchen which provides nutritional nutrient for pets.