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Re: Very sad news

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MiriamOct 5, 2008
 

 
This is sad news indeed. I always enjoyed her appearances on JAM- she
really had a thing about Clement's "lists". One of my very favorite
JAM's was with paul,clement, her and tony slattery ( his first time)

I have her autobio book and found it interesting.

Being in the usa I have only seen her on Are You Being Served and
EastEnders ( we had that show on tv here for the first 17 yrs of the
show)
I wish her strength and courage. Miriam

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> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20081004/ten-wendy-richard-is-

dying-of-cancer-5f8abb3.

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> Wendy Richard 'is dying of cancer'
> Press Assoc.
>
>
> Former EastEnders star Wendy Richard is dying of cancer and will

marry

> her long-term partner before she dies, according to the Sunday

Express.

>
> The 65-year-old actress told the newspaper she has written her will

and

> planned her funeral after being diagnosed in January with an

aggressive

> form of the disease that has attacked her kidney and spread to her

bones.

>
> The star, who played Pauline Fowler in the BBC One soap opera, has

twice

> been diagnosed with breast cancer.
>
> She said: "I went for my usual annual check-up and they found that

some

> cancer cells had returned in my left armpit."
>
> The actress, who rose to fame playing Miss Brahms in Are You Being
> Served?, explained that despite being treated for the cancer it has
> spread through her body.
>
> She added: "The drugs I was given to help had an adverse effect. If
> anything, they did more damage than good so my health has really
> deteriorated. Now I have a cancerous growth on my right kidney and

the

> cancer has spread to my bones.
>
> "Twice I've had breast cancer but this is different. It's more
> aggressive this time, unfortunately, and has spread to the top of

my

> spine and left ribs."
>
> She added: "My oncologist said I've got several useful years ahead

of me

> but since then it's got worse."
>
> Ms Richard will marry her partner, John Burns, before starting
> chemotherapy treatment on October 13.
>
> She was awarded the MBE for services to television in 2000.
>

 
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