direct to your inboxDame Barbara Windsor’s husband has paid a heartfelt tribute to his “wife, best friend and soulmate” saying his “heart or life will never feel the same without you” following her death aged 83.The actor, one of Britain’s most beloved entertainment stars, first found fame in the Carry On films and later became a household name playing Peggy Mitchell, the Queen Vic’s battle-axe landlady in BBC soap EastEnders.Dame Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2014 and made the news public in 2018.She died at 8.35pm on Thursday at a London care home, her husband Scott Mitchell said.He said the cherished actress’s final weeks were “typical of how she lived her life” and “full of humour, drama and a fighting spirit until.
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