Only Fools and Horses actress Kate Saunders has sadly passed away at the age of 62.
Kate's grieving sister, Louisa Saunders announced the sad news on social media earlier today.
The statement read: "My sister, who we lost last Friday. The warmest, bravest, most generous, and most brilliant woman I will ever know. Heaven knows how we will live without her."
The official Only Fools and Horses Twitter account tweeted about Kate's passing.
"We are sorry to learn of the passing of Kate Saunders, who played police-woman Sandra in the episode The Long Legs of the Law in 1982.
"In addition to her acting career, Kate was an award-winning novelist, journalist and critic. Our thoughts are with her family."
Kate, an actress, novelist, and journalist joined the National Theatre in 1987 and is best known for playing a police officer called Sandra in The Long Legs of the Law episode of Only Fools and Horses in 1982.
Kate also had roles in Angles, ITV Playhouse, A Family Affair, and Just Good Friends. She was also a children's novelist and produced more than 20 pieces of work.
She also was a columnist for the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Express, She, and Cosmopolitan.
Tributes have flooded social media.
One tweeted: "Journalist Kate Saunders who was on Paul Merton's team in the first-ever HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU in September 1990 has died at the age of 62. So sad to hear," one fan tweeted.
Another one penned: "Can't believe Kate has been taken from us so young. She was one talented lady."
While one wrote: "I remember that episode of Only Fools so well. What an incredible lady Kate was."
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