What Happened To Dot Cotton On EastEnders? Actress June Brown Dies At 95

The death news of Dot Cotton has shocked the whole world. She was an English actress and author.

In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards.

Brown was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to theater and charity in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress in a Soap Opera in 2009, making her the second actress after Jean Alexander to earn a BAFTA nomination for their performance in a soap opera.

What Happened To Dot Cotton On EastEnders?

Dot Cotton’s illness details haven’t been revealed to the media.

One of the original cast members, Leslie Grantham, who portrayed Den Watts, suggested Brown for the part of Dot Cotton in EastEnders.

She revealed in February 2020 that, at the age of 93, he has chosen to depart EastEnders forever.

June Brown Death Cause & Obituary: How Did She Die?

June Brown died peacefully in her home. She starred in the British soap opera “EastEnders” for 35 years as the chain-smoking Cockney matriarch Dot Cotton has died. She died at the age of 95.

Her death was confirmed on Twitter. According to an EastEnders official, the whole cast and crew are “deeply devastated” by her loss. Throughout her career, June has appeared in a total of 2,884 episodes.

The BBC, which produces the show, announced Brown’s death on Monday. She died on Sunday at her home outside of London, surrounded by her family.

Details On June Brown Married Life

June Brown met and married actor John Garley in 1950; Garley battled depression and committed suicide in 1957. She married actor Robert Arnold in 1958.

In seven years, they had six children, one of whom died in infancy. They were married for 45 years until he died of Lewy-body dementia in 2003. She lived alone in Surrey after that.

Brown was a Conservative Party member who told The Guardian in 2009, “If you paid me, I wouldn’t vote for Labour. I am a Conservative voter.” She was a Christian, much like her EastEnders character.

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