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==Personal life==
Bilk married his childhood sweetheart, Jean Hawkins,<ref name=independent/> whom he met in the same class at school in 1954.<ref>{{cite web |title=acker bilk and jean bilk |url=https://www.famousfix.com/topic/acker-bilk-and-jean-bilk}}</ref> The couple had two children: Jenny and Pete. After living near London in [[Potters Bar]] for many years the couple retired to [[Pensford]].<ref name=TiB80/>Their grave is at All Saints Churchyard,Publow, Somerset,England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean “Ginge” Hawkins Bilk |url=https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/212214437/jean-bilk |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>
In 1997, Bilk was diagnosed with throat cancer, which was treated through surgery and then followed by daily radiation therapy at [[University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust|Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre]]. Subsequently, he had eight [[Laparoscopy|keyhole operations]] for bladder cancer and suffered a minor stroke.<ref name=TiB80>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Acker-Bilk-marks-80th-birthday/story-11292246-detail/story.html#ixzz2MstqrjKV|title=Acker Bilk marks 80th birthday|publisher=ThisIsBristol.co.uk|date=28 January 2009|access-date=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229094746/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Acker-Bilk-marks-80th-birthday/story-11292246-detail/story.html#ixzz2MstqrjKV|archive-date=29 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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