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40 minutes ago, Philheybrookbay1 said:

Another Take the High Road one goes- this time it’s Ginni Barlow who played Gladys Lachlan. 
 

She also popped up in Coronation Street a couple of times. 

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Did she change her name to avoid being confused with...

 

 

 

 

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10711243/EastEnders-star-Melanie-Clark-Pullen-dies-age-45-following-cancer-battle.html

 

Reported elsewhere in the general thread but  I felt it also was worthy of being mentioned in the soap star thread. 

Actress Melanie Clark  Pullen whos  best known role was as Mary  , the Irish niece of Pauline Fowler in EastEnders,  has died in her forties  from cancer.

 

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5 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10711243/EastEnders-star-Melanie-Clark-Pullen-dies-age-45-following-cancer-battle.html

 

Reported elsewhere in the general thread but  I felt it also was worthy of being mentioned in the soap star thread. 

Actress Melanie Clark  Pullen whos  best known role was as Mary  , the Irish niece of Pauline Fowler in EastEnders,  has died in her forties  from cancer.

 

Was she in a way a miss for us on here as it turns out she had a blog where she gave updates on her health and had revealed last year she would be needing cancer treatment for all of her life. And particularly me as I have an Eastenders theme team. 

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59 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Was she in a way a miss for us on here as it turns out she had a blog where she gave updates on her health and had revealed last year she would be needing cancer treatment for all of her life. And particularly me as I have an Eastenders theme team. 

It certainly  is a miss because her sad death was the first I was aware  of her illness. 

I have been very focused on older soap stars past and present  like Elizabeth Kelly,  Julie Goodyear,  Eileen Derbyshire,  John Savident etc but really pretty much neglected  looking into and researching  some who were younger. 

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Bill Roache (90 next week) and Anne Reid (86) both look fantastic for their age. 

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5 minutes ago, Deathrace said:

Bill Roache (90 next week) and Anne Reid (86) both look fantastic for their age. 

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You can almost feel the electricity between them.

 

(Anyone who doesn't get the reference is far too young).

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On 14/08/2018 at 19:43, Sean said:

Katie Jarvis who plays Hayley Slater in Eastenders is one to keep an eye on.Only 27 but looks like she is on drugs and has a voice like a 60 year old chainsmoker.

 

Not covering herself in any glory here either.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-61162784

 

I agree that she looks unlikely to reach old bones

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On 18/04/2022 at 16:13, Deathrace said:

Bill Roache (90 next week) and Anne Reid (86) both look fantastic for their age. 

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Watched the documentary.Bill appears to be doing brilliantly for 90.Still exercises regularly  and even physically recreated getting punched by Mike Baldwin in the Rovers throwing himself back on the table.Possibly the most mentally and physically sharp 90 year old I have seen.

 

Barbara Knox contributed and looks and sounds fairly frail now.

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33 minutes ago, Grimgrass said:

Malandra Burrows (Wiki), who played Kathy Glover in Emmerdale, has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-malandra-burrows-devastating-breast-26788633

Sad news. 
 

One to watch as stage 3 has about a 75% five year survival rate. 

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According to a post on Facebook Meg Johnson (Pearl in Emmerdale for 17 years) is in a care home and has retired from acting.

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Gemma Oaten of "Corrie" and "Emmerdale" "nearly died" for the fifth time because of a rare condition named milk-alkali syndrome which can lead and apparenly has lead to kidney failure:

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/corrie-emmerdale-star-gemma-oaten-23823979

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Jerry Ver Dorn, the soap opera actor who portrayed attorney Ross Marler on CBS’ Guiding Light for 26 years and then patriarch Clint Buchanan on ABC’s One Life to Live for another eight, has died. He was 72.

Ver Dorn died Sunday of cancer.

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3 minutes ago, Grimgrass said:

As mentioned in "People Who Are Dead According to Wikipedia" thread, Andy Devine (Wiki), best known for playing Shadrach Dingle in Emmerdale, died off the radar back on 27 January 2022: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4075180

Used to love Shadrach in Emmerdale. Sad to hear he died 

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31 minutes ago, Grimgrass said:

As mentioned in "People Who Are Dead According to Wikipedia" thread, Andy Devine (Wiki), best known for playing Shadrach Dingle in Emmerdale, died off the radar back on 27 January 2022: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4075180

Had a feeling it was true. Utterly bizarre it wasn’t picked up, hopefully it still might be. 

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Worth mentioning that Patricia Brake, mentioned in the Mollie Sugden thread as having died,  was also in Eldorado, Coronation Street and EastEnders. One of the main characters in Eldorado.

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5 hours ago, Grimgrass said:

As mentioned in "People Who Are Dead According to Wikipedia" thread, Andy Devine (Wiki), best known for playing Shadrach Dingle in Emmerdale, died off the radar back on 27 January 2022: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4075180

I could have sworn that was reported when it happened.

He never looked the picture of health.

He also looked like that Lion in the original Wizard of Oz, but that's another matter.

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30 years since Eldorado premiered so Episode 1 of Eldorado actors according to IMDB:

 

Patricia Brake (1942-2022) Death Age: 79

Campbell Morrison (1952-2008) Death Age: 55

Josh Nathan (1975-)

Julie Fernandez (1974-)

Polly Perkins (1943-)

Kai Maurer (1972-)

Leslee Udwin (1957-)

Patch Connolly (1946-)

Franco Rey (????-)

Stella Maris (????-)

Maria Sanchez (????-)

Maria Vega (????-) Possibly Dead?

Iker Ortiz de Zarate (????-)

Bo Corre (????-)

Jesse Birdsall (1963-)

Sandra Sandri (1973-)

Faith Kent (1925-2008) Death Age: 82

Framboise Gommendy (1961-)

Daniel Lombart (????-)

Mikael Philippe (????-)

Nanna Moller (1958-)

Kim Romer (1959 -)

Marchell Betak (1978-)

D James Newton aka Darren Newton (1969-)

Jon Morrey (????-)

Buki Armstrong (????-)

Roger Walker (1944-)

Kathy Pikin (1975-)

Hayley Bromley (????-)

Jose Antonio Navarro (1957-)

Barry Mitchell (????-)

 

30 years some interesting folk but the vast majority have such great agents and CVs, they don't even have an IMDB date of birth, even Gommendy which I found on her website.

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On 28/05/2022 at 18:52, Grimgrass said:

As mentioned in "People Who Are Dead According to Wikipedia" thread, Andy Devine (Wiki), best known for playing Shadrach Dingle in Emmerdale, died off the radar back on 27 January 2022: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4075180

Breaking News on Andy Devine - 4 months late: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/18728866/emmerdale-shadrach-dingle-andy-devine-dead/

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