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Apr 22, 2022 · The actor admitted himself to a residential rehab clinic in a bid to get sober, but left the facility to go on a deadly drinking binge.
- Anna Wing
- Wendy Richard
- Mike Reid
- Leslie Grantham
- Gretchen Franklin
- Michael Elphick
- Edna Dore
- Hilda Braid
- David Scarboro
- Pat Coombs
Anna Wing – who played cantankerous matriarch Lou Beale from the first episode in 1985 – died on 7 July 2013 at the ripe old age of 98. The actress was already 70 when she starred in EastEnders, staying in the series in 1988 when she quit the show – leading to Lou being killed off.
One of the original cast members, Wendy Richard – aka the Square’s nigh-legendary Pauline Fowler, mother of Martin (James Bye), passed away in February 2009 aged 65 after battling breast cancer. Pauline, meanwhile, died on Christmas Day 2006 after collapsing in the middle of Albert Square – with the cause of death later revealed as a brain haemorrh...
Stand-up comedian Mike Reid – who became a favourite with EastEnders fans as Frank Butcher – passed away on 29 July 2007 aged 67 from a suspected heart attack. The character was first seen as a semi-regular in 1987 but eventually became a full-time member of the cast, becoming the landlord of the Queen Vic and being remembered for his long relation...
Leslie Grantham – aka Den Watts – passed away on 15 June 2018 from an undisclosed illness. His EastEnders character – known as ‘Dirty Den’ after getting 16-year-old Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) pregnant, was the Queen Vic’s first landlord and was known for his tempestuous relationship with first wife Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) as well as his shady...
Gretchen Franklin, who played Walford’s notorious gossip Ethel Skinner, died on 11 July 2005, four days after her 94th birthday. Another veteran of the first ever episode, Ethel – famed for her pug dog Willy and her friendship with Dot (June Brown) was a regular from 1985-1988, and then appeared sporadically until 2000 when the character, suffering...
Michael Elphick, who played evil Harry Slater in the soap, died on 7 September 2002 aged 55 from a heart attack. Harry, the younger brother of Charlie Slater (Derek Martin) appeared in the soap in 2001 as the uncle who it later transpired had raped Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) when she was 13, resulting in her falling pregnant with Zoe (Michelle Rya...
Actress Edna Dore passed away on 11 April 2014 aged 92 from emphysema. The veteran actress spent two years in Walford as Frank’s mum, Mo Butcher, whose most notable storyline was her heartbreaking descent into Alzheimer’s Disease in 1990. Mo was killed off in 1992 but her death was not aired, with the actress having already left the soap after she ...
Hilda Braid died on 6 November 2007 aged 78 after suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease – with EastEnders’ Nana Moon her final acting role. The character, the grandmother of Alfie (Shane Richie) and Spencer Moon (Christopher Parker) was a part of Walford from 2002-2005, with the character sadly dying from an aortic aneurysm, but not before the classic...
David Scarboro, who originally played Mark Fowler, was tragically found dead at the bottom of Beachy Head in April 1988, aged just 20. He appeared in the earliest episodes of EastEnders before the character was written out for several months, re-appearing briefly in December 1985 as well as in 1986 and 1987. The character returned in 1990, this tim...
Veteran actress Pat Coombs died on 25 May 2002 from emphysema, aged 75. She had a short-lived but memorable role in EastEnders as Marge Green, leader of the Walford Brownies – arriving in May 1989 and leaving in February 1990 to care for a sick relative.
Oct 5, 2016 · On September 28, 1966, Eric Fleming perished in a horrific canoe drowning accident in the remote jungles of Peru, South America, while shooting the ABC TV adventure "High Jungle."
Jun 19, 2019 · Sadly, the quiet and reserved actor’s life came to an untimely end during the making of a film after a scene went horribly wrong. Eric Fleming became a household name during the late 1950s as the trail boss, Gil Favor on “Rawhide.”
- A.D. Owen Granger on NCIS: Los Angeles. Miguel Ferrer was part of an accomplished show business family: He was the son of Oscar-winning actor José Ferrer and '50s pop singer Rosemary Clooney, as well as a cousin of superstar George Clooney.
- Paul Hennessy on 8 Simple Rules. After a few years plying his trade as a film actor, John Ritter returned to television in 2002's 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.
- Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street. Will Lee was a regular presence on Sesame Street from the beginning, portraying Mr. Hooper, the kindly proprietor of Hooper's Store.
- Mayor Adam West and Angela on Family Guy. As an animated series, adhering to the rules of reality isn't usually much of a concern to the makers of Family Guy.
Eric Fleming. Actor: Rawhide. At the age of eight, Fleming hopped on a freight train to Chicago to escape his abusive father. Following hospitalization for gang fight injuries, he returned to California where he lived with his mother and worked at Paramount as a laborer.
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Oct 14, 2024 · Born on February 3, 1968, in Sidcup, David was a talented young actor who showed promise from an early age. He made his acting debut in BBC drama Good Neighbours in 1984 and had guest roles in ...
