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Actress Ruth Madoc, who starred wrong the BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, has died aged seventy nine, her cause says.
Her cause said she died successful session connected Friday day aft surgical cognition for a autumn she had earlier wrong the week.
Phil Belfield of skills endeavor Belfield & Ward Ltd defined her arsenic a "precise endowment cherished with the assistance of many".
He paid tribute to her "iconic" TV wide show arsenic Gladys Pugh wrong the 1980s drama Hi-de-Hi!, astir a vacation campy wrong the precocious 50s.
"It is with an atrocious batch sadness that we ought to denote the demise of our costly and overmuch loved purchaser Ruth Madoc," helium stated successful a announcement.
Describing her arsenic a "real fable of the British amusement scene", Mr Belfield said she was "long past a ways excessively soon".
Her autumn forced her to retreat from performing successful the pantomime Aladdin connected the Princess Theatre successful Torquay, Devon.
Screenwriter Russell T Davies defined her arsenic "funny, type, salty, sensible and beautifully uncynical" successful a tribute connected Instagram.
The Doctor Who creator and It's A Sin writer said she changed into "one of those singular antique troupers who cherished the enterprise, cherished the stories, cherished performing and actors".
"She starred arsenic Myrtle successful a series I wrote called Mine All Mine, and she became an implicit pleasure."
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Born successful April 1943, and raised successful Llansamlet adjacent to Swansea, Madoc skilled astatine the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Her vocation spanned galore roles successful theatre and musicals, which see Fiddler On The Roof and Gypsy.
Her other caller performances included Little Britain and connected level with Calendar Girls.
She is survived by mode of her kids.
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