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by **flammableben** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:08 pm

Been a bad year for Doctor Who actors after the brig went last year too.

Very sad.

e: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674

by **Anilori** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:14 pm

This is awful

by **Tonyblack** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:24 pm

I'm trying to find a news article on this but only found one which seems to say that the death is a rumour. LINK.

There's nothing that I could see on the BBC News website. Can I ask where you heard about it, Ben?

I love the Sara Jane Adventures and I'm hoping this is a mistake. Sadly I suspect it isn't.

by **flammableben** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:26 pm

Tonyblack wrote:I'm trying to find a news article on this but only found one which seems to say that the death is a rumour. LINK.

There's nothing that I could see on the BBC News website. Can I ask where you heard about it, Ben?

I love the Sara Jane Adventures and I'm hoping this is a mistake. Sadly I suspect it isn't.

just edited in the bbc article into my op

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674

e: They were a bit slow getting it up, but it was on the breaking news bar.

by **meerkat** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:38 pm

If this is true this is tragic news!

by **flammableben** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:49 pm

meerkat wrote:If this is true this is tragic news!

Definitely true unfortunately. Proper BBC announcement and everything.

She didn't seem old at all. Tragically young. Apparently had cancer for "sometime" according to the BBC link. I guess she understandably wanted to keep it out of the public eye.

Such a shock.

by **The Mad Collector** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:56 pm

Very sad, I just read it on the BBC website.

RIP Elisabeth

by **Tonyblack** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:02 pm

Thanks for posting the link. It's just sad that it is true. I guess I was hoping it would be an error.

RIP

by **The Mad Collector** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:10 pm

Doctor Who News obituary

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04/dwn190411204508-elisabeth-sladen-1948.html

by **Who's Wee Dug** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:32 pm

That was a bit sudden, RIP Elisabeth.

by **spideyGirl** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:50 pm

This is so sad,

Got to tell my little lad in the morning, not looking forward to it, was only doing a quiz tonight on SJA with him

Can't believe she was in her 60's, wow she looked good for age. RIP Elizabeth.

by **Jan Van Quirm** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:24 pm

Gods I'm actually stunned with this... :cry:

RIP Sarah Jane

by **flammableben** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:46 pm

spideyGirl wrote:This is so sad,

Got to tell my little lad in the morning, not looking forward to it, was only doing a quiz tonight on SJA with him

Can't believe she was in her 60's, wow she looked good for age. RIP Elizabeth.

her age shocked me too. I know she was first in doctor who nearly 40 years ago, but she looked so much younger.

I hope your lad is ok.

It's incredible that she inspired two different generations, so many years apart. There are going to be a lot of sad families tomorrow morning. All those people who grew up with her and then she comes back and is a hero to their kids too.

by **Quatermass** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:01 pm

No no no!!! :cry:

Dammit! First the Brigadier, now Sarah Jane. And Liz Sladen died young, of cancer. Like Jacqueline Hill.

Ugh, what news to wake up to.

EDIT: Sorry for the melodramatic post, it's just a shock to wake up and find out that one of my most favourite actors has died, and died so young, too.

by **Dotsie** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:27 am

RIP Elisabeth

Very sad news.

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