Slackhurst Broadcasting 376 Posted April 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: DL strapline has to be Brown Bread "June Brown's body is a-lying in its grave, or will be shortly." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,451 Posted April 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, Grim Up North said: RIP June Brown - smoked for over 70 years. Blimey, I might start again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,073 Posted April 4, 2022 "Today has been a day dropped out of June into April." Lucy Maud Montgomery 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,451 Posted April 4, 2022 28 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: DL strapline has to be Brown Bread Or ‘Gone But Not For Cotton’. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,534 Posted April 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, TQR said: Or ‘Gone But Not For Cotton’. After the year dot? (Btw you know someone's a big name when you get ten different people texting you to tell you they'd died.) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 197 Posted April 4, 2022 Dot dashed off Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,361 Posted April 4, 2022 That's a really sad one.Parents were regular Eastenders watchers when I was growing up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 909 Posted April 4, 2022 She had the good sense to quit EE while she still had a bit of time left Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Immortal 642 Posted April 4, 2022 So they will kill off Dot Cotton now, I believe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grimgrass 515 Posted April 4, 2022 Reunited. (Worth noting all three were DL hits). 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,673 Posted April 4, 2022 Is this the Dot Cotton thread? I was an intermittent EE viewer, but what got me started watching regularly was Charlie Cotton's funeral clashing with Rickaaaay & Sam's wedding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Styx&Stones 3 Posted April 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Well, I don't think any of the above posts stating her death are clear enough. So.. dead https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-june-brown-dead-iconic-26628995.amp#scso=_SuNKYuz7IOG68gL-h4zYCA152:0 DL strapline has to be Brown Bread Maybe ‘June up in Smoke’ ….also recall a Jethro gag from the early noughties ‘Gone but not for Cotton’ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,451 Posted April 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Styx&Stones said: ‘Gone but not for Cotton’ 1 hour ago, TQR said: Or ‘Gone But Not For Cotton’. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,653 Posted April 4, 2022 I have stopped watching Eastenders reguarly now but what I do remember is that June filmed one whole episode in one scene I believe many years ago. Very talented actress. RIP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,088 Posted April 4, 2022 Oh great, my second dropped pick to go in 1 week Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,088 Posted April 4, 2022 1 hour ago, TheSpinosaurus said: So they will kill off Dot Cotton now, I believe. No, she's gone on a long holiday to Spain. They'll revive the character with an actress that looks similar next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,223 Posted April 4, 2022 5 hours ago, TheSpinosaurus said: So they will kill off Dot Cotton now, I believe. Really? I thought they may keep her in it for another 20 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,361 Posted April 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: Really? I thought they may keep her in it for another 20 years. Lol! When Mike Reid died suddenly in 2007 they waited until a year later in 2008 to kill of his character Frank Butcher after consultation with his family and being sensitive to their feelings. I guess it will depend what Junes family say but I could imagine it being similar situation were it takes the best part of a year roughly to kill the character off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,223 Posted April 4, 2022 21 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Lol! When Mike Reid died suddenly in 2007 they waited until a year later in 2008 to kill of his character Frank Butcher after consultation with his family and being sensitive to their feelings. I guess it will depend what Junes family say but I could imagine it being similar situation were it takes the best part of a year roughly to kill the character off. Yeah, but, re read their post that I replied to. He said, quote, 'So they will kill off Dot Cotton now, I believe'. He/She BELIEVES??? What, like they aren't quite sure that the Beeb will? Blimey, they could still be rolling out her skeleton, fag ( nowt to do with sex, you perv ) sticking out of her skeletal gob while somebody throws their voice to make it look like she is saying ' Oh, er, I say' etc etc. This will be out of desperation by the BBC to get the viewing figures off of the floor that they currently lay upon. Next it will be 'Pete Beal' has risen from the grave, I believe. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 483 Posted April 5, 2022 The floodgates have opened, as this is the third death on my top 50 list in the past week. This was certainly a sensible pick by the committee, and one I couldn't ignore as well. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,639 Posted April 5, 2022 I thought June was fantastic as Dot Cotton and probably much better than the soap deserved. The Dot and Ethel episode is still a highlight from the early days. However she was brilliantly cast as Nanny Slagg in the BBC adaptation of Gormanghast where she played the character with indulgence, fragility but also cunning determination being one of the few that saw through Steerpike. If you haven't seen it, it is worth chasing down not only for June but John Sessions, Christopher Lee, Fiona Shaw and Spike Milligan's final role 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,889 Posted April 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: Yeah, but, re read their post that I replied to. He said, quote, 'So they will kill off Dot Cotton now, I believe'. He/She BELIEVES??? What, like they aren't quite sure that the Beeb will? Blimey, they could still be rolling out her skeleton, fag ( nowt to do with sex, you perv ) sticking out of her skeletal gob while somebody throws their voice to make it look like she is saying ' Oh, er, I say' etc etc. This will be out of desperation by the BBC to get the viewing figures off of the floor that they currently lay upon. Next it will be 'Pete Beal' has risen from the grave, I believe. Well that or they'll do a Dallas and have Pete stepping out of the shower and the last 30 years or so of epsiodes have all been a dream 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,223 Posted April 5, 2022 17 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Well that or they'll do a Dallas and have Pete stepping out of the shower and the last 30 years or so of epsiodes have all been a dream It could only improve the show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 874 Posted April 5, 2022 Absolutely no clue who she is.... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,361 Posted April 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, Whitehouse said: Absolutely no clue who she is.... Oooh I SAY 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites