Gretchen Franklin's Death
Born (Birthday) July 7, 1911
Death Date July 11, 2005
Age of Death 94 years
Cause of Death Cancer
Profession TV Actress
The tv actress Gretchen Franklin died at the age of 94. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
English actress who played the role of Ethel Skinner in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
She was married to John Caswell Garth from 1934 until his death in 1953.
Franklin returned in July 2000, when her character re-appeared in the show and informed her close friends that she was terminally ill with cancer. She was killed off in the episode which aired on 7 September 2000, in a controversial euthanasia storyline.