June Brown (Dot Cotton) DEAD

[GinAg (39)]

BBC News - EastEnders veteran June Brown dies at 95

June Brown: EastEnders' Dot Cotton dies aged 95

The actress played Dot Cotton on the BBC One soap for more than 30 years.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Madíson]

Aged 95

 

[big ron]

To be fair, with all those fags she smoked, 95 is a good shift.

 

[Lucille]

But what an AGE, what a LIFE and what a WOMAN!

 

[GinAg (39)]

@Moderator please merge

 

[COB]

Oh no What a legend, there's no other word for her.

 

[Madíson]

Lady Gaga to perform at funeral please.

 

[GNL]

Oh fuck

 

[Sheena]

WHAT A FUCKING WOMAN!

She was our Betty White

 

[GinAg (39)]

Absolute cultural icon.

Is there a more iconic Eastenders character?

 

[GinAg (39)]

There's a fucking nightclub named after her.

 

[COB]

Fair play to her for carrying on in EastEnders past her ninetieth birthday, and even more respect to her for FLOUNCING off because she wasn't happy with the material they were giving her

 

[GinAg (39)]

Sad she didn't get a better send off on the show.

 

[COB]

Absolute cultural icon.

Is there a more iconic Eastenders character?

I'd say only Pat and Peggy came anywhere close to THAT level of iconography.

 

[GinAg (39)]

She even inspired Coolio

 

[lolly]

Still think that EastEnders episode with just her and (my personal style icon) Ethel Skinner was an astonishing piece of TV.

 

[Kate]

Oh no Still, bloody good work getting to 95.

 

[GinAg (39)]

She apparently lost her virginity in a cruising ground near my house.

My go and smoke a fag in tribute. And a cigarette.

 

[Ellie]

I just rewatched her appearance on Graham Norton with Lady Gaga the other day when people were chatting about Gaga being so respectful of elderly people.

 

[lolly]

She apparently lost her virginity in a cruising ground near my house.

My go and smoke a fag in tribute. And a cigarette.

For the non smokers I'd suggest a quick hand job at the cruising ground.

 

[COB]

She was also fabulous as Nannie Slagg () in the BBC's megaflop adaptation of Gormenghast back in 2000:

 

[lolly]

Think I've got something in my eye

 

[lolly]

 

[COB]

Not to imply that Dot was some sort of angel of death, but the recent(ish) scenes where she looked after Dr Legg in his final days are well worth looking up if you haven't seen them. They watch footage of the Cable Street Riots and he tells Dot about how he met his future wife there while fighting against Moseley's blackshirts before he drifts off, it was very emotional.

 

[Madíson]

There's a fucking nightclub named after her.

 

[GinAg (39)]

I hope my best friend gently puts ME out my misery when I get too old.

 

[Rita]

Think I've got something in my eye

This is probably my favourite single episode of Eastenders. It was just perfect.

 

[jivafox]

 

[Rita]

This is really sad but as has already been said 95 is a fabulous age to live to. I remember asking about her on here not so long ago as she has been out of the spotlight for quite a while.

 

[GinAg (39)]

Sorry but why haven't the BBC broken into programming with ongoing tributes and updates?

If Prince Philip could get a greyed out News logo then June deserves it too.

 

[Star]

Oh no

 

[Rita]

My favourite picture of June is of her traipsing around Glastonbury when she must have been well in to her 80’s, dressed to kill with a customary cig in hand.

 

[Rita]

I CAN’T FIND IT ONLINE NOW.

 

[GinAg (39)]

 

[GinAg (39)]

I wonder if Prince Philip had a June Brown mug.

 

[jivafox]

 

[octophone]

Still think that EastEnders episode with just her and (my personal style icon) Ethel Skinner was an astonishing piece of TV.

I still remember watching that - it was a tour de force for both Brown and Franklin.

 

[octophone]

RIP, of course - a true icon.

 

[Loufoque]

R.I.P. ICONIC QUEEN

 

[Nancy]

This is probably my favourite single episode of Eastenders. It was just perfect.

Agreed. It's an astonishing piece of television, which affected me deeply.