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Dame Barbara Windsor: Carry On and EastEnders actress dies aged 83 – BBC News
She was best known for her role as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders and parts in the Carry On films.
Actress Dame Barbara Windsor, best known for her roles in EastEnders and the Carry On films, has died aged 83.
Her husband Scott Mitchell said she had died peacefully from Alzheimer’s at a London care home on Thursday evening.
She had been diagnosed with the disease in 2014 and had
moved to a care home earlier this year.
Mr Mitchell said she would be remembered for the “love, fun, friendship and brightness she brought to all our lives”.
Dame Barbara appeared in nine of the 31 films in the comedy…
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