EASTENDERS actress Heather Chasen has died aged 92. The telly veteran's friend Amanda Barrie, 84, announced the news on Twitter, writing: "Remembering the fabulous Heather Chasen who sadly left us yesterday.
She was wonderfully eccentric, gloriously funny, and a very special actress. "There’ll never be another like her. Will always miss her." Amanda and Heather dated before the Coronation Street favourite found love with wife Hilary Bonner.
Heather played Janine Butcher's grandmother Lydia Simmonds in BBC soap EastEnders from April 2011 until June 2011 - when the character died on-screen.
Her other credits included The Bill, The Harry Hill Show and Crossroads. Remembering the fabulous Heather Chasen who sadly left us yesterday.
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