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In Pictures: Carry On star and Queen Vic landlady Barbara Windsor

Dame Barbara played Peggy Mitchell on BBC show EastEnders.

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TV and film star Dame Barbara Windsor has died aged 83.

Dame Barbara, who starred in a host of Carry On films and played Peggy Mitchell on BBC soap EastEnders, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2014. Her condition worsened during lockdown.

Her death was announced by her husband Scott Mitchell.

Barbara Windsor and Boris Johnson
Dame Barbara Windsor met Boris Johnson after she delivered an Alzheimer’s Society open letter, calling on him to address the ‘devastating state’ of dementia care (Simon Dawson/PA)
Barbra Windsor investiture
The TV star was made a Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire (John Stillwell/PA)
The Mitchells on EastEnders
Dame Barbara as Peggy Mitchell, with Ross Kemp and Steve McFadden, who played her sons Grant and Phil on the soap (Kieron McCarron/BBC/PA)
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With composer Lionel Bart during dress rehearsals for Twang! in 1965 (PA)
Barbara Windsor death
On stage at the London Palladium rehearsing her role as the Fairy in Babes In The Wood pantomime in 1987 (PA)
Dame Barbara Windsor with the BBC Children in Need mascot Pudsey
Dame Barbara Windsor with the BBC Children in Need mascot Pudsey in 2017 (Yui Mok/PA)
Barbra Windsor unveils Kenneth Williams Plaque
Dame Barbara next to an English Heritage blue plaque for her Carry On co-star Kenneth Williams (John Stillwell/PA)
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Arriving at the Hammersmith Palais for Elton John’s 50th birthday party in 1997 (PA)
Barbara Windsor with Ross Kemp
The actress with EastEnders co-star Ross Kemp (Myung Jung Kim/PA)
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