Doctor Who star died ‘penniless’ and left three kids | UK News

One Doctor Who star died just about penniless after a intercourse scandal that rocked his TV profession – and left his three youngsters nothing in his will. Despite as soon as pulling in more than 30million viewers at a time, actor Leslie Grantham died of most cancers in 2018 and left virtually nothing behind in his property.

Leslie was best identified for his position as Dirty Den in BBC cleaning soap EastEnders, but in addition appeared in sci-fi epic Doctor Who for 2 episodes back in 1984, wherein he performed Kiston. Leslie additionally performed George East in Heartbeat, Estragon in Waiting for Godot and cop Philip Gates in The Uninvited. Despite his epic cleaning soap profession, which noticed Dirty Den revived from the lifeless in 2003 after being ‘killed off’ back in 1988, the hovering scores couldn’t stop the scandal he was embroiled in when a newspaper printed lewd photos of the star taken from a webcam in his EastEnders dressing room. He was pictured exposing and touching himself in entrance of an undercover reporter – and allegedly insulted a number of of his co-stars.

He stated on the time: “I am wholeheartedly ashamed of my behaviour and feel that I have let down my colleagues, as well as my friends and family. In some small recompense I intend to make a donation to charity as a mark of my apology.” However, he insisted later that he was “set up”.

He was written out of EastEnders in 2005 and killed off for good. Despite touchdown additional, smaller roles, Leslie is claimed to have run out of money when he died from lung most cancers in June 2018 on the age of 71. He left behind three sons, together with actor Daniel Laurie, who performs Reggie Jackson in Call the Midwife.

Leslie had been dwelling in a pal’s spare room for years after his marriage to Jane Laurie collapsed in 2013, and had paid for a “no frills funeral” so his household didn’t must cowl the prices. His solely property had been a small share in a company value much less than £23,000 and a small home in Bulgaria.

After “complex taxes and legal fees”, his sons weren’t left with a lot. A source instructed MailOn-line: “Leslie suffered from really bad money troubles the past several years, and worrying about it did his health no good. In fact, the stress of his financial situation probably speeded up his death as he was so frail.”

They added that he “paid for the whole [funeral] and left specific instructions about what he wanted. An average funeral costs £4,000 and he made sure it was all sorted.”

The Mail additionally reported that Leslie was pressured to tackle pantomime roles in his later years to “make ends meet”.