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02-26-2009, 08:04 AM
Wendy Richard has died after a battle with cancer, her agent said.
The former EastEnder died in the Harley Street Clinic in London with her husband John Burns by her side. She was 65.
Her agent Kevin Francis said: "She was incredibly brave and retained her sense of humour right to the end."
Wendy, one of the most popular TV actresses of her generation, starred in the BBC soap EastEnders for more than 20 years, but became a household name before that in department store sitcom Are You Being Served?.
She endured two battles with breast cancer in the mid-1990s and then in 2002. The cancer went into remission after years of treatment, but last year it was discovered that the disease had returned in an aggressive form, attacking her kidneys, bones and spine.
Last October, she disclosed in a newspaper interview that the cancer was terminal and that she was dying.
All her first three marriages ended in divorce. She lived with her partner of 12 years, John Burns and the two married on October 10 last year.
very sad, rip
The former EastEnder died in the Harley Street Clinic in London with her husband John Burns by her side. She was 65.
Her agent Kevin Francis said: "She was incredibly brave and retained her sense of humour right to the end."
Wendy, one of the most popular TV actresses of her generation, starred in the BBC soap EastEnders for more than 20 years, but became a household name before that in department store sitcom Are You Being Served?.
She endured two battles with breast cancer in the mid-1990s and then in 2002. The cancer went into remission after years of treatment, but last year it was discovered that the disease had returned in an aggressive form, attacking her kidneys, bones and spine.
Last October, she disclosed in a newspaper interview that the cancer was terminal and that she was dying.
All her first three marriages ended in divorce. She lived with her partner of 12 years, John Burns and the two married on October 10 last year.
very sad, rip