Appearing on This Morning last year, Cheryl opened up about her money struggles and how she was able to get help from a food bank, as well as from EastEnders legend Dame Barbara Windsor, who died in 2020 aged 83.
‘Heather was such a great character that she’s not easy to forget and my life paralleled her in some ways, going to a food bank is something Heather would have done.
Cheryl said that the show wanted to look at how Shirley deals with grief, which meant Heather was going to be killed off.
‘He [Brian] explained that the higher-ups – the Powers That Be – had decided they wanted to explore Shirley dealing with grief, which meant Heather was going to die.’.
The star remains best known for her role in the BBC One soap and because of that, she’s often asked about what it was like to work in Albert Square, as well as her harrowing final storyline.
