EastEnders on this day 18 years ago.The legendary character was portrayed by Leslie Grantham on the BBC One soap and was seemingly killed off in 1989 when he fell into a river.Den's body was identified by his adoptive daughter Sharon, with Den also fathering Vicki Fowler (Scarlett Alice Johnson) and Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman).In 2003, and in one of the most iconic moments in the show's history, he returned.Repeating his signature phrase "hello Princess", Den stepped out from the shadows of a nightclub and appeared before his daughters, Sharon and Vicki.Confirming he had survived his river plunge, Den revealed he went into hiding before his reappearance in Walford more than a decade later.Den was later murdered and killed off for good.The.
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