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Star Of The Archers Dies 

June Spencer

June Spencer, who played matriarch Peggy Woolley in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama The Archers from 1951 until her retirement in 2022, has died at the age of 105.

Spencer was one of the programme's original cast members, and the show's current editor Jeremy Howe said working with her "was like working with a legend".

He added: "June’s Peggy Woolley was and always will be the Queen of Ambridge, and with her death The Archers has lost its link with the birth of the show over 70 years ago. It is a humbling moment for us all."

A family statement said she died peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of Friday.

8 November 2024                                           

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