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The 83-year-old cockney heroine Dame Barbara Windsor died on Thursday evening at a London care home
With her irresistible chuckling laugh, she became one the nation's stars as a buxom blonde in Carry On films
Successfully crossing the generational divide, she later became just as revered for her role as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders as the Queen Victoria landlady who often yelled at rogue drinkers 'get outta my pub'
Born Barbara Ann Deeks on Aug. 6 1937 in East End to father John, a barrow boy, and dressmaker mother Rose
A Cockney icon decades before she set foot in Albert Square, three-times married Dame Barbara Windsor's off-screen life was as colourful as that of any of the characters she portrayed.