'A JOB MIGHT COME UP'
Barbara Windsor said she ‘wasn’t retired’ in an interview just months before Alzheimer’s revelation
BARBARA Windsor said she still hadn’t retired in an interview given just months before revealing she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
The actress’ husband Scott Mitchell told The Sun last week how the 80-year-old had been suffering with the illness for four years.
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He bravely spoke of their experience of the disease and Barbara was praised by fans and charities for being so open.
A new interview, said to have taken place earlier this year, showed how Barbara was still keen to carry on working despite her illness.
She told : “I never get tired. Am I retired? No…”
She added: “You know a number may come up, a job...”
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The best of national treasure Barbara Windsor as iconic EastEnders' character Peggy Mitchell
EastEnders legend Barbara also went on to tell the publication she was also still working hard to help the charities she had supported all of her life.
Earlier this week, Scott spoke movingly of his marriage to Barbara but said she was struggling to remember they were wed.
He told The Sun: “She’ll look at her wedding ring and say, ‘Are we married?’
“But that’s the thing about this cruel disease, isn’t it?”
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Richard Arnold pays tribute to friend Barbara Windsor on Good Morning Britain after she is diagnosed with dementia
Barbara was officially diagnosed four years ago but daily medication kept the more excessive symptoms largely at bay.
But in recent weeks there was been such a marked deterioration that Scott made the difficult decision to speak out.
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He said: “She’s not frightened of me, so I’m thankful for that. Over the last couple of days, the conversation has turned to, ‘I just think it’s wonderful that you come here to look after me’ — and she keeps thanking me.
“I say, ‘Barbara I’m not here to look after you, I’m here because I love you’.”
You can read Scott's moving interview in full, here.
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