Late EastEnders star June Brown left almost £1million in her will, according to reports.
The actress, who portrayed chain-smoking Dot Cotton on the BBC One soap for a number of years between 1985-2020, died in April at the age of 95.
Following heartwarming tributes from the show and her EastEnders co-stars, the contents of June’s will has been revealed.
READ MORE:EastEnders icon June Brown’s heartbreaking final words to pal days before she died
The Sun reports that before her death, June requested her entire fortune, worth almost £1million, be divided equally among her five children.
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June shared four daughters and one son – Louise, Chloe, Naomi, Sophie and William – with her second husband Robert Arnold.
She is also survived by six grandchildren.
Robert, a respected stage and TV actor, passed away in 2003 from Lewy body dementia.
June was previously married to actor John Garley, who died by suicide in 1957 following a battle with depression.
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In 2014, June’s long-term onscreen husband John Bardon – who starred alongside June as Jim Branning on EastEnders – died from a stroke aged 75 following years of ill-health.
Her own passing was confirmed by her children in a statement earlier this year.
In a post shared by the BBC, the family confirmed June had died peacefully at home surrounded by family.
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They wrote: “We are deeply saddened to announce our beloved mother, June, passed away very peacefully at her home in Surrey on Sunday evening, with her family by her side.
“We would kindly ask that our privacy is respected at this very difficult time.”
Following her death, June’s last words to her friend and radio DJ Pete Price were revealed.
The actress is reported to have said “she’d had enough” weeks before she died.
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