COMEDY actress Mollie Sugden has died after a long illness, aged 86.
The Yorkshire-born star of popular sitcom Are You Being Served? died in the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford.
Her twin sons, Robin and Simon Moore, were with her, said her agent Joan Reddin.
Ms Reddin began representing Mollie Sugden in the 1960s before she became famous with her role as Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served?
She said: “She was a lovely, lovely person.”
Mollie Sugden, who lived in Surrey, was married to fellow actor William Moore.
She never fully recovered from his death nine years ago, Ms Reddin said.
“They were very much in love,” she said. “She started to go down when he died.”
Karl Malden, the actor who won an Oscar for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire, has died aged 97, his family said.
He made his screen debut in the 1940 movie They Knew What They Wanted, and was praised for his role as Mitch in the 1951 classic A Streetcar Named Desire.
Meanwhile, Michael Jackson’s seven-year-old will, which has just been published, gives his entire estate to a family trust but cuts out his former wife Debbie Rowe.
The will, dated July 7, 2002, estimated his estate at that time at more than £300 million and gives the entire estate to the Michael Jackson Family Trust.