 Coombs is survived by his second wife, actress Jennifer Lonsdale, mother of his sons Jack and Adam, see below.In 2010 his youngest son Adam, having just left Bryanston School, died of an accidental drug overdose in the hilltown of Manali, in India's Valley of the Gods, while on his gap year, before he was due to begin a philosophy degree course at Manchester University.For about the last 11 of his 77 years Coombs suffered from progressive dementia.