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Vale: Wendy Richard
Eastenders and Are You Being Served star dies after battling cancer, aged 65.
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Actress Wendy Richard, best known as East Enders’ Pauline Fowler, has died aged 65.
The actress revealed that she was suffering from an aggressive, terminal form of cancer last October.
Richard played Pauline Fowler in EastEnders between 1985 and 2006, making her one of the longest-ever running cast members in the show. Her other famous roles included Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served and Grace & Favour and parts in Dad’s Army and The Likely Lads.
Her most recent TV acting appearance came as Mrs Crump in ITV’s Miss Marple: A Pocket Full Of Rye last year.
Richard’s former soap co-star Shane Richie told The Sun that he was “devastated” by the news. “My heart goes out to John, Wendy’s husband and her family,” he said.
Source: Digital Spy
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9 Responses
Very sad to hear the classic UK TV Shows have lost one the best in the industry
RIP Wendy
pauline was a right cow ….. and miss brahms was just as good a sidekick to mrs slocumbe as her pussy!
very sad news indeed …… rest in peace, wendy.
She was a legend! We loved her here, too!
Sad, sad news.
She was great as Pauline Fowler, who was one of the best characters ever on that show and I enjoyed every minute of it too.
RIP Wendy Richard.
Soo sad – a big loss to the UK tv industry!
Wendy was such a wonderful actress – very funny in Are You Being Served & such depth during Eastenders as mum Pauline.
RIP Wendy!!
A sad, sad loss to the industry. Not a bad innings at East Enders, 1405 episodes (Source: IMDb)
I have very fond memories of watching Ms Richard on Are you Being Served? way back in the 70’s.
She was also very good as a dramatic actress on Eastenders too – a very versatile person.
RIP Wendy – hope you and John Inman are running amock amongst the pearly gates!!
well all I can say is are you free Miss Brahms, and I am sure she is happy now at Grace Bros in Heaven, bless you for the laughs over the years
So sad to hear the news,she was a great actress remember her from her Are You Being Served days.She put up brave fight till the end.RIP Wendy