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| Actress Wendy Richard dies at 65 | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 26 2009, 03:44 PM (245 Views) | |
| Riverwide | Feb 26 2009, 03:44 PM Post #1 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7912668.stm Former EastEnders actress Wendy Richard has died at the age of 65, her agent has confirmed. The star, who played Pauline Fowler in the BBC One soap opera for 21 years, had been suffering from cancer. Her agent Kevin Francis said: "She was incredibly brave and retained her sense of humour right to the end." Last October, Richard revealed she had an aggressive, terminal form of cancer. Soon after that she married her long-term partner John Burns. Francis said the star passed away in the Harley Street Clinic in London with her husband by her side. In an interview with the Sunday Express last year, Richard revealed she had already planned her funeral and written her will. She discovered the disease had returned after her usual annual check-up, which revealed cancerous cells in her left armpit. She told the paper: "Now I have a cancerous growth on my right kidney and the cancer has spread to my bones. "It's more aggressive this time, unfortunately, and has spread to the top of my spine and left ribs." Minder star Shane Ritchie, who played EastEnders' character Alfie Moon alongside Richard until 2005, said he was, "absolutely devastated" by news of her death. "I send all my love to John and her immediate family," he added. Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC, said: "Wendy Richard is going to be incredibly missed by the BBC and by our audiences." Veteran actress, June Whitfield, added: "She was always delightful. "I'm very, very sorry. I did not work with Wendy. We met at dos. It's very sad." Presenter Dale Winton had known Richard for years. "I'm very saddened to hear the news, she was a real fighter and actually a very kind and funny lady in her own right," he said. "My thoughts are with her family, she will be missed." In 2000, Richard was awarded the MBE for services to television and in 2007 she was given a British Soap Award for Lifetime Achievement for her role in EastEnders. As well as her 21 years on Albert Square, Richard starred in sitcoms Are You Being Served?, Dad's Army and Grace and Favour. She joined EastEnders when the programme began in 1985 and remained in it until 2006, when her character died. The reason she gave for her departure was because she objected to a storyline that saw her character remarry. "I left because I wasn't happy," she revealed in 2008. "Also, I couldn't believe in what they wanted me to do and unless I can find some truth in what I am doing, I cannot play it. "Pauline remarrying was wrong. Some women never remarry. My mother never remarried after Daddy died. I always had it in my heart that Arthur was Pauline's husband and that was that." ![]() THE CAREER OF WENDY RICHARD Are You Being Served? 1965 Aged 22, joins the cast of soap The Newcomers 1970-73 Stars in four episodes of Dad's Army as Private Walker's girlfriend, Shirley 1972 Plays Miss Willing in Carry On Matron 1972-85 Stars as Miss Brahms in the series Are You Being Served? (pictured) 1985-2006 Appears in more than 1,400 episodes of EastEnders as Pauline Fowler 2008 Films her last TV role as Mrs Crump in Marple: A Pocket Full Of Rye |
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| johnnox | Feb 26 2009, 03:47 PM Post #2 |
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Not to speak ill of the dead or anything, but apparently by all accounts she was an absolute bitch off-set. A real Diva-ish cow. RIP. |
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| Riverwide | Feb 26 2009, 03:49 PM Post #3 |
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Awh really?? ![]() I loved Ms.Brahms. I watched the first 5 seasons of "Are You Being Served" over Christmas.
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| Fembot 1 | Feb 26 2009, 03:54 PM Post #4 |
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She died with dignity - i.e. the Living TV cameras weren't turning as she expired... I did meet her a few years back and she was lovely. |
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| Riverwide | Feb 26 2009, 03:54 PM Post #5 |
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She was also really involved in the fight against animal cruelty if I remember correctly. That gets a big thumbs up from me! |
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| johnnox | Feb 27 2009, 11:00 AM Post #6 |
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I didnt know you were a vegetarian, Riv? |
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| Glamorama | Feb 27 2009, 01:15 PM Post #7 |
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Flop death by a flop celebrity Where were the Living TV cameras catching her last gasps???? |
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| Glamorama | Feb 27 2009, 01:17 PM Post #8 |
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I jest - I liked her and sorry to see her gone. She was such a venomous, sour b!tch on Eastenders |
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