EastEnders star Roberta Taylor, who was best known for playing the role of Irene Raymond on the soap, has died at the age of 76.
Roberta played Irene Raymond from 1997 until 2000 before joining The Bill in 2002, playing Inspector Gina Gold.The actress died from an infection caused by a fall two months prior agitating her underlying health problems with pneumonia, according to The Guardian.
She leaves behind her actor husband Peter Guinness, her son Elliott, a granddaughter and two stepbrothers. Arriving on Albert Square in 1997, Roberta's character Irene was introduced as the matriarch of the Hills family who stops by Walford to visit her estranged children Sarah (Daniela Denby-Ashe) and Tony (Mark Homer).
During her time on the soap, Irene struck up a romance with Terry Raymond (Gavin Richards) and engaged in an affair with her lodger Troy Harvey (Jamie Jarvis).
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