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A brave woman. RIP

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By:
scandanavian_haven
When: 20 Oct 14 08:26
TV actress Lynda Bellingham, best known for playing the mother in the Oxo adverts, has died.
Bellingham died "in her husband's arms", her agent Sue Latimer said.
The 66-year-old had colon cancer and last month said she would end life-extending chemotherapy treatment.
The actress said she wanted to spend one last Christmas with her family.
Her starring role as the mother in a squabbling family in the long-running Oxo TV adverts was first screened in the 1980s.Sad
By:
Make my hay
When: 20 Oct 14 08:40
was first screened in the 1980s - blimey, RIP. Sad
By:
treble
When: 20 Oct 14 08:50
Didn't get her Christmas wish. Very sad. RIP.
By:
s.kenbo
When: 20 Oct 14 09:17
CryCrySad
By:
FlowerMyth
When: 20 Oct 14 09:32
She was doing TV less than a fortnight ago and while she didn't look great I didn't think she was only days away from death. It's very sad because I thought she'd get her wish at least. RIP to a tough lady.
By:
ebulGery
When: 20 Oct 14 10:11
A good actress...r.i.p.
By:
The Bhoys
When: 20 Oct 14 10:39
Very very sad, cruel world
By:
cardifffc
When: 20 Oct 14 10:45
SadSadSad
By:
kincsem
When: 20 Oct 14 11:36
RIP.  Very sad.
By:
call me a taxi
When: 20 Oct 14 12:19
I never knew she was born in Montreal.

Her grandparents were strict Jewish and her mother's pregnancy shocked the family. She was taken from the family and adopted by an English couple when she was young.

'Liked a drink', which may or may not have contributed to her downfall.

Nonetheless, a nice woman. 

R.I.P.
By:
Angel Gabrial
When: 20 Oct 14 12:20
Quite a role model for other terminally ill people, there are many like Lynda but she got to highlight it.

RIP
By:
pandora1963
When: 20 Oct 14 13:07
RIP Lynda. Such a warm , genuine person.
By:
SlippyBlue
When: 20 Oct 14 13:13
She was a very courageous woman, sad news.
By:
Makybe_Diva
When: 20 Oct 14 13:15
So sad.

RIP Lynda
By:
ipl2012
When: 20 Oct 14 13:28
r.i.p
By:
Poppydog.
When: 20 Oct 14 13:45
There seems to be a huge outpouring of public grief, and, yes, I know it sounds churlish,
but I've no idea what she actually did, career-wise, (to gather so much adoration and love).

Anyway thoughts to her family and friends
By:
pandora1963
When: 20 Oct 14 13:47
she was in the oxo ads for years,all creatures great and small for years , and many other roles
By:
Poppydog.
When: 20 Oct 14 13:49
OK thanks

I know about the Oxo ads, but they are just adverts
I've never seen ACG&S
By:
Angel Gabrial
When: 20 Oct 14 13:59
Poppy

Lynda was a national treasure, through boyhood dreams we wanted her to be our best friends mother. She was genuine, honest about her faults and made a roast to die for.
By:
mafeking
When: 20 Oct 14 14:18
had her own sitcom second thoughts with james bolam and julia sawalha in the early 90s which ran for a few series

at home with the braithwaites too

she was a proper actress. not sure why only the oxo adverts ever get mentioned
By:
Angel Gabrial
When: 20 Oct 14 14:19
^Because they are more memorable mafeking.

Everyone remembers them.
By:
call me a taxi
When: 20 Oct 14 14:26
Angel Gabrial   
20 Oct 14 13:59 
She was genuine, honest about her faults and made a roast to die for.


I'd have joined her in a roast in her younger days.
By:
crags
When: 20 Oct 14 16:43
RIP Lynda...and Rik

http://youtu.be/NHhnAQO9qps
By:
RLKingPunter
When: 22 Oct 14 12:48
on itv now, so sad
By:
kenny mann
When: 22 Oct 14 12:51
yes, watching it. Wonderful, brave lady, and funny with it.
By:
RLKingPunter
When: 22 Oct 14 12:53
not afraid to say ive tears in my eyes watching Kenny, she was so genuine
By:
kenny mann
When: 22 Oct 14 12:56
She was,RL. Funny thing is I never really rated her before she was ill, but I was wrong.
By:
acey deucy
When: 22 Oct 14 13:16
Just watched it....Had me in tears.
By:
RLKingPunter
When: 22 Oct 14 13:18
same here, probably the most moving thing ive ever seen
By:
Make my hay
When: 22 Oct 14 14:27
Crags - didn't realise she was in that (Filthy, Rich and Catflap) good to see again, and yes RIP Lynda and Rik.
By:
Makybe_Diva
When: 22 Oct 14 15:47
I was in tears watching Lynda on Loose Women but it was a lovely uplifting interview and very funny.

I thought the compilation of clips at the end of the show was a perfect tribute to Lynda.
By:
not allowed to bet
When: 22 Oct 14 15:51
always liked her especially in Creatures great and small etc
I wish I went with all the respect she got
A good lady
By:
Angel Gabrial
When: 22 Oct 14 17:40
In that last interview with Janet Street Porter, Thingy Nolan and Lynda Bellingham,

They start off talking being late for meetings and how Lynda hated lateness, Janet Street Porter had been late for work that morning and suggested if Lynda had been there she would have given her `that look of death`Shocked

WAGC
By:
crags
When: 23 Oct 14 00:35

Oct 22, 2014 -- 2:27PM, Make my hay wrote:


Crags - didn't realise she was in that (Filthy, Rich and Catflap) good to see again, and yes RIP Lynda and Rik.


Yes, she was in a lot more things than people realize, Make my hay. What p1ssed her off was the fact that she'd always be remembered as the Oxo Mum.

Not sure if we can say pissed?

By:
crags
When: 23 Oct 14 00:36
Oh yes we can!
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