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Anna Karen leaves majority of £400k estate to EastEnders co-star after tragic fire death

EastEnders star Anna Karen has left most of her £400K estate to a co-star after her tragic passing earlier this year, it has been reported.It has thought that the On The Buses and EastEnders star, who tragically died aged 85, has left a huge chunk of cash to Sophie Lawrence - with the money being the majority of her estate.The iconic and sassy actress who played the role of Olive in On The Buses and Aunt Sal in EastEnders, left an estate of £427,197 when she passed away in February, probate records reveal.READ NEXT: On The Buses and EastEnders actress Anna Karen killed in horror blazeSophie, 50, who played the role of Diane Butcher in EastEnders from 1988 until 1991, has reportedly been left a whopping 65% of Anna's net estate.
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Anna Karen leaves over £400,000 to EastEnders co-star after her death in tragic house fire
EastEnders, has left the majority of her fortune to Sophie Lawrence, it has been claimed.Sophie, 50, played Diane Butcher in the BBC soap and was a regular from 1988 to 1991.The late star – whose real name was Ann Duggan – also appeared in EastEnders between 1996 and 2017, playing Aunt Sal, sister of Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor.Her character, who was the aunt of Grant and Phil Mitchell, was usually seen turning up at family weddings and parties.Anna was also known for her role as Olive in the 70s comedy, On The Buses.In probate records obtained by MailOnline, Anna is said to have left £427,197, to her former co-star, adding she would receive 65 per cent of the late soap star's estate.Anna's will left a further fifth of the residuary of her estate to her stepdaughter Gloria Gill, the daughter of her actor husband Terry Duggan, who died in 2008.Another eighth was left to four other friends or relatives and the final 2.5 per cent was left to the Actors' Benevolent Fund.Earlier this year, Anna died in a house fire started by a cigarette, according to reports.Following her death, her family told the same publication: "We are absolutely horrified at the news about Anna."A spokesperson for London Fire Brigade confirmed the death in a statement released at the time.It read: "Sadly, a woman has died following a house fire on Windsor Road in Ilford."They added: "Part of the ground floor of a mid-terrace house was damaged by fire.Sadly a woman was pronounced dead at the scene.The Brigade was called at 2240 and the fire was under control by 2338.Three fire engines and around 20 firefighters from Ilford and Barking fire stations attended the incident.The cause of the fire is under investigation."Jayne Mansfield stuns in
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Anna Karen dead: EastEnders legend and On The Buses star dies in horror fire aged 85
Mail Online: "We are absolutely horrified at the news about Anna."A London Fire Brigade spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Mirror: "Sadly, a woman has died following a house fire on Windsor Road in Ilford."Part of the ground floor of a mid-terrace house was damaged by fire."Sadly a woman was pronounced dead at the scene."The Brigade was called at 2240 and the fire was under control by 2338.Three fire engines and around 20 firefighters from Ilford and Barking fire stations attended the incident.The cause of the fire is under investigation."Anna was the only surviving cast member left who had worked on the legendary 1960s and 1970s sitcom On The Buses, which ended in 1973.The actress played Olive and she featured in all 74 episodes of the hit show.She also appeared in the highest-grossing film in 1971 - Mutiny on the Buses and Holiday on the BusesHowever, she was not known solely in that role.The British-South African actress also became an Eastenders star.She had been a close pal of Barbara Windsor's after first meeting her when the pair were aspiring beginners starring together in the hit classic Carry on Camping back in 1969.They then met again on the showbiz circuit when they featured in Eastenders together in 1996.Anna had taken on the role of the sister of Barbara's character Peggy Mitchell, meaning the pair spent a great deal of time together on-set.Off-screen, Barbara preceded her in death by just over two years.The Carry On legend died in December 2020 at the age of 83 after a battle with Alzheimer's.Anna is said to have enjoyed an eventful romantic life as the wife of fellow actor, Terry Duggan, prior to his death back in 2008.However, at the time of her death, she was widowed and had no children.Her agent Shane
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