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EastEnders star Anna Wing dies

Former EastEnders actress Anna Wing, who played the sharp-tongued matriach Lou Beale, has died aged 98, her agent announced.

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EastEnders star Anna Wing dies aged 98

Former EastEnders actress Anna Wing pictured holding her MBE in November 2009. Credit: Dominic Lipinski / PA Wire

Former EastEnders actress Anna Wing, who played the sharp-tongued matriach Lou Beale, has died aged 98, her agent announced.

Ms Wing, who died on Sunday, appeared in the BBC1 soap for three years from when it began in 1985.

She formed a formidable on-screen partnership with fellow actress Gretchen Franklin, who played Ethel Skinner.

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