The former Scruples and DeVinchies nightclub, West Bay An actress who became one of the most recognised 'TV mums' had some special links with Dorset. Lynda Bellingham, who died aged 66 of cancer on October 19 2014, touched many lives in the area. She visited west Dorset on many occasions and her husband Michael Pattemore once ran the West Bay nightclub Scruples. Lynda, star of the Oxo gravy adverts and a presenter on Loose Women, is buried just over the county border in Crewkerne, Somerset. She visited Lyme Regis in 2012 to do some filming and one of the places she visited was Alice’s Bear Shop.