Residents of Albert Square pays tribute to the late June Brown in a particular episode of EastEnders, the BBC has introduced.
Brown performed Dot Branning – higher referred to as Dot Cotton, the character’s earlier married identify – for greater than 30 years earlier than dying at her residence in April, aged 95.
Often seen with a cigarette in her hand, and at all times prepared with a dry remark or two, Cotton was the devoutly non secular, laundrette-running hypochondriac adored by viewers.
Her EastEnders character had been dwelling in Ireland since early 2020, however the TV cleaning soap will present information of her dying reaching Albert Square earlier than her funeral takes place in Walford, as per her remaining needs.
The present’s government producer Chris Clenshaw mentioned: “Everyone at EastEnders was actually heartbroken when June handed away earlier this 12 months and, for fairly some time, no-one might even take into consideration saying goodbye to Dot; an iconic character who will go down in tv historical past and be cherished ceaselessly.
“June was always adamant that she never wanted Dot’s time to end while she was still with us, but she also knew that EastEnders would rightly say their farewells to Dot when the time was right.
“Sadly that point has come, and we’re decided to offer the viewers, who treasured Dot for therefore a few years, the becoming tribute that she so deeply deserves.
“So whilst it will be a very, very sad day in Walford, we will be giving Dot the send-off that she and June would want and rightly deserve.”
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Brown first appeared in EastEnders in 1985, however took a break from the present between 1993 and 1997.
In 2008, she grew to become the present’s first actress to hold an episode by herself, when her character dictated her life story to a cassette, so her husband might hearken to it in hospital after he suffered a stroke.
Brown was made an OBE within the New Year Honours in December 2021 and an MBE within the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2008, each instances for companies to drama and charity.
The particular episode of EastEnders will air this winter.
Source: information.sky.com”