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Viewers emotional after Ross Kemp show explores Barbara Windsor’s Alzheimer’s
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breakingnews.ieRoss Kemp’s programme Living With Dementia has left viewers emotional over EastEnders star Dame Barbara Windsor’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
The 82-year-old actress, who played Kemp’s on-screen mother, Peggy Mitchell, in EastEnders, was diagnosed with the disease in 2014.
In scenes from the ITV series, Kemp, 55, explained that her illness was the reason he decided to explore the disease on screen.
He said: “One of the main reasons for making this film is that one of my closest friends, somebody who I worked with for a very long time, has Alzheimer’s. “Her name is Barbara Windsor.” Kemp also spoke to Dame Barbara’s husband Scott Mitchell, who admitted that he “went numb” the moment a doctor confirmed her diagnosis.
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