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Charlotte Cornwell dead at 71 after battle with cancer a month after her brother John le Carré’s death

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CHARLOTTE Cornwell has died at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer. The TV and film actress, best known for her role in Bafta-winning TV series Rock Follies, died on January 16.

Her death comes just a month after her half-brother John le Carré - the spy author best-known for writing Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - passed away at 89 after a short illness.

The actress credited her older brother with encouraging her to become a star of the stage and screen. “I’ve always felt embarrassed about the way I fell into acting because everyone I know wanted to do it from a frighteningly early age,” she said. “I was completely directionless until he sat me down and said ‘Come on, sis, what are you going to do?

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