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EastEnders star died virtually penniless leaving three kids nothing in his will
As Dirty Den on EastEnders, he pulled in a record 30 million viewers – however a sex scandal saw Leslie Grantham's career hit a nightmare that he never recovered from
Fans have enjoyed appearances by David Wicks (Michael French), Tracy-Ann Oberman ( Chrissie Watts) and Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer). The return of ‘Dirty’ Den Watts from the dead – the character having been ‘killed off’ in 1988 – hit the front pages and saw the show’s ratings soar. The actor died of cancer ‘virtually penniless’ in 2018 according to reports with the star spending some of his final years staying in the spare room of a friend's house following the collapse of his 31-year marriage to actress Jane Laurie.
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