British actress Barbara Windsor dies at 83

Veteran British actress Barbara Windsor died on Thursday (December 11). She was 83. The actress is known for playing Peggy Mitchell in BBC soap EastEnders and appearing in Carry On films. The actress was suffering from dementia.

BARBARA WINDSOR DIES IN LONDON

The veteran actor was fondly called 'Babs' by her fans. She breathed her last at a car home in London on Thursday night. "Her passing was from Alzheimer’s/Dementia and Barbara eventually died peacefully and I spent the last seven days by her side. Myself, her family and friends will remember Barbara with love, a smile and affection for the many years of her love, fun, friendship and brightness she brought to all our lives and the entertainment she gave to so many thousands of others during her career," her husband Scott Mitchell said in a statement.

He further added, "It was not the ending that Barbara or anyone else living with this very cruel disease deserves. I will always be immensely proud of Barbara's courage, dignity and generosity dealing with her own illness and still trying to help others by raising awareness for as long as she could."

BRITISH PM PAID HIS LAST RESPECTS TO BARBARA WINDSOR

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid his last respects to Barbara Windsor on Twitter. He wrote, "So sad about Barbara Windsor, so much more than a great pub landlady & Carry On star. She campaigned for the lonely and the vulnerable - and cheered the world up with her own British brand of harmless sauciness & innocent scandal. Thoughts with Scott and all her family & friends (sic)."

So sad about Barbara Windsor, so much more than a great pub landlady & Carry On star. She campaigned for the lonely and the vulnerable - and cheered the world up with her own British brand of harmless sauciness & innocent scandal. Thoughts with Scott and all her family & friends. — Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 11, 2020

Barbara Windsor was diagnosed with dementia in 2014. Last year, the actress presented Boris Johnson with a petition calling for more investment in dementia treatment.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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