Showbiz icon Barbara Windsor’s dying wish was for more money to be spent on research into dementia, her former co-star Ross Kemp reveals today.
The ex-EastEnders actor told how she spoke to him about her despair over the disease during a FaceTime call just three weeks ago.
Ross, 56, who played her on-screen son Grant Mitchell in the BBC soap, said: “Barbara made it very clear she wanted dementia treated as a medical problem and not a social care issue. “And I know that’s very expensive.
So bring in a Barbara Tax – another pound or so on your tax bill to prevent people having to sell their homes to look after their loved ones. “Or perhaps that money could help to find a cure for dementia, or at least slow down the onset.” He says her husband
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