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Linda Robson reveals she is having 'the time of my life' on Caribbean holiday just hours before Birds Of A Feather co-star Pauline Quirke's dementia diagnosis was announced


Pauline, 65, is set to 'step away from all commercial and professional duties,' her spouse revealed in a statement, after she was first diagnosed with the disease in 2021.

'Pauline has been an inspiration through her work in the film and TV industry, her charity endeavours and as the founder of the very successful Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA). Hilary Evans-Newton, Chief Executive of Alzheimer's Research UK, said in a statement on Tuesday: 'We are saddened to hear of Pauline's diagnosis and send our best wishes to her' Pauline married her husband Steve in 1996, and they share son Charlie, 30, while the actress also has daughter Emily, 40, from a previous relationship (pictured in 2010)

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