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Only Fools and Horses actress Kate Saunders dies aged 62

Only Fools and Horses actress Kate Saunders has died aged 62. Kate famously played Sandra in the episode of the sitcom called The Long Legs of the Law in 1982.

Kate joined the National Theatre in 1987 and also starred in Angles, ITV Playhouse, A Family Affair, and Just Good Friends, before leaving acting to become a novelist and journalist, reports MyLondon.

The actor's sister, Louisa Saunders confirmed the news on Twitter on Monday, April 24. "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," she wrote

The official Only Fools and Horses Twitter account also paid tribute to the late actress. "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 became a famed adult and children's novelist and produced more than 20 pieces of work under her belt. She also was a columnist for the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Express, She, and Cosmopolitan, and appeared on the first-ever episode of Have I Got News For You.

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