EastEnders' Sharon Watts star Letitia Dean shared some sad news at the end of her acceptance speech as she took home the Outstanding Achievement prize at this year's British Soap Awards on Sunday.
The actress has played Sharon for almost four decades, and received a huge applause when she received the award from her former on-screen mum Anita Dobson. Her EastEnders co-stars Lacey Turner and Gillian Wright were among the other British Soap Awards winners on the night.
Before a montage of Letitia's best bits played out on screen, Anita talked about what a big support Letitia had been to her on her first day on set, before several of her current Albert Square co-stars like Kellie Bright, Gillian Taylforth and Steve McFadden paid tribute to her, Chronicle Live reports.
