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Angie Quinn & Susan Knox

Only Fools and Horses Sandra actor dies as family pay tribute to 'bravest' star

Only Fools and Horses star Kate Saunders has died aged 62.

The actor's grieving sister, Louisa Saunders confirmed the sad 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," wrote Kate's sister.

The official Only Fools and Horses Twitter account also paid tribute to the late actress, MyLondon reports.

"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 famed for playing a police officer called Sandra in The Long Legs of the Law episode of Only Fools and Horses in 1982.

She also starred in Angles, ITV Playhouse, A Family Affair, and Just Good Friends.

After moving outside of acting, 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.

Following the news of Kate's sad passing, tributes have flooded social media.

"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.

"Can't believe Kate has been taken from us so young. She was one talented lady," another echoed.

Following the news of Kate's sad passing, tributes have flooded social media (PA)

"I remember that episode of Only Fools so well. What an incredible lady Kate was," someone else shared.

"An actress, a writer, an author, and a journalist and what a life she has lived and impacted so many. RIP Kate Saunders," another gushed.

During her glittering career, Kate also judged the 1990 Booker prize, and persuaded her fellow judges to choose AS Byatt’s Possession as the winner.

She also judged the 2007 Women’s prize in the year that it was won by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun.

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