Celebrity lauded for raising awareness and funds after her dementia diagnosis in 2014
Dame Barbara Windsor’s decision to speak publicly about her Alzheimer’s disease had an “absolutely huge” impact on awareness of the condition in Britain and encouraged many thousands of people to seek help for the condition, campaigners have said, following the announcement of the beloved actor’s death on Thursday.
As tributes flooded in for the Carry On and EastEnders star, who died in a London care home at the age of 83, the head of the Alzheimer’s Society said Windsor’s campaigning work following her diagnosis with dementia in 2014 had left an “incredible legacy”.
