Leslie Grantham - a life in pictures
The soap star, who rose to fame with his performance as Den Watts in Eastenders, his died aged 71 after a short illness.
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Leslie Grantham and Judy Loe in Goodnight and God Bless, 1983.Photograph: ITV/REX/Shutterstock
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Den Watts and Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) behind the bar of The Queen Vic. Over 30 million viewers tuned in to watch a 1986 episode in which Den served Angie divorce papers.Photograph: BBC
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Grantham and other members of the Eastenders cast in 1985.Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images
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Leslie Grantham, Anna Wing, Anita Dobson, Wendy Richards, and Susan Tully celebrate Eastenders first anniversary with Terry Wogan.Photograph: Alan Davidson/Silverhub/REX/Shutterstock
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Leslie Grantham as Den Watts and Anita Dobson in a 1986 episode of Eastenders filmed in Venice.Photograph: BBC
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Anita Dobson and and Leslie Grantham in 1986.Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
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Grantham with hypnotist Paul McKenna in The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna, April 1993.Photograph: ITV/REX/Shutterstock
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Leslie Grantham and Jonathan Morris in Wild Oats, 1993.Photograph: ITV/REX/Shutterstock
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‘Cluedo’ Series 4, 1993 - L-R Mrs White [Liz Smith], Col. Mustard [Leslie Grantham], Miss Scarlet [Jerry Hall], Mrs Peacock [Joanna Lumley], Prof. Plum [John Bird] and Rev. Green [Nicholas Parsons].Photograph: ITV/REX/Shutterstock
![‘Cluedo’ Series 4, 1993 - L-R Mrs White [Liz Smith], Col. Mustard [Leslie Grantham], Miss Scarlet [Jerry Hall], Mrs Peacock [Joanna Lumley], Prof. Plum [John Bird] and Rev. Green [Nicholas Parsons].](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/670a8d2e415d90e40a2e06ae15a444fed94c4edb/0_0_2128_1518/master/2128.jpg?w=300&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=bd52308a58bdf9331bc34d4a820f3357)
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Grantham and Francis Tomelty in 99-1.Photograph: ITV/REX/Shutterstock
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Bob Monkhouse and Grantham on Celebrity Squares.Photograph: ITV/REX/Shutterstock
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Leslie Grantham at an EastEnders party in 1996Photograph: REX/Shutterstock
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Grantham with William Simons and Derek Fowlds in an episode of Heartbeat, 2002.Photograph: ITV/REX/Shutterstock
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Leslie Grantham as Den Watts in Eastenders in 2004. 16 million viewers watched his return to the soap.Photograph: BBC
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Grantham as Den Watts and June Brown as Dot Cotton.Photograph: BBC
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Leslie Grantham as Private Walker in the stage show version of Dad’s Army in April 2008.Photograph: EDPPICS/Andy Darnell/REX/Shutterstock
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Leslie Grantham, Janine Nerissa and Jonathan Sothcott on location for the new Krays Film Dead Man Walking. The film will be Grantham’s final onscreen performance.Photograph: Jack Dredd/REX/Shutterstock
![‘Cluedo’ Series 4, 1993 - L-R Mrs White [Liz Smith], Col. Mustard [Leslie Grantham], Miss Scarlet [Jerry Hall], Mrs Peacock [Joanna Lumley], Prof. Plum [John Bird] and Rev. Green [Nicholas Parsons].](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/670a8d2e415d90e40a2e06ae15a444fed94c4edb/0_0_2128_1518/master/2128.jpg?w=1010&q=20&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&dpr=2&s=bbd6e4f1c598b81561f64122ffd74d54)
