BREAKING: EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95, the BBC has announced.
EastEnders star June Brown, best known for her role as Dot Cotton, has died at the age of 95.
A statement read today: ‘We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved June Brown, OBE, MBE, sadly passed away last night. ‘June created one of the most iconic characters in Dot Cotton, not just in soap but in British television, and having appeared in 2,884 episodes, June’s remarkable performances created some of EastEnders’ finest moments.’
On January 31 2008 she single-handedly starred in an episode called Pretty Baby, in which she spoke to a cassette recorder about her life so that her husband could listen to it as he lay in hospital following a stroke.
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