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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.