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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,504 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:52 PM 8 hrs ago

Hyancinth Bucket has died

Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czdjegvjz3do

Actress Dame Patricia Routledge, known for playing Hyacinth Bucket in classic TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died at the age of 96.

She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played BBC One's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp, while also enjoying an acclaimed stage career.

Her agent told the PA news agency on Friday that she died "peacefully in her sleep this morning surrounded by love".

The BBC's director of comedy was among those paying tribute, saying she "made millions laugh and left a legacy that will always be remembered with gratitude and admiration".

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Hyancinth Bucket has died (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 8 hrs ago OP
Joyce and I saw her in "The Importance of Being Ernest." 3Hotdogs 8 hrs ago #1
After a candlelight supper? BlueWaveNeverEnd 6 hrs ago #3
She was so cute on that show. Sad. Srkdqltr 8 hrs ago #2

3Hotdogs

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1. Joyce and I saw her in "The Importance of Being Ernest."
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:57 PM
8 hrs ago

By the way. It's pronounced Buck-A.

And Mind the pedestrians while you are driving.

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