It s been a strange, sad and surreal day : Peaky Blinders shares their unique on-set tribute to star Helen McCrory after her death from cancer at the age of 52
Helen s husband Damian Lewis confirmed she had passed away in a statement issued on Friday following a heroic battle with the disease
Writing in The Sunday Times , Damian said his wife had shown no fear, no bitterness, no self-pity during her illness
Damian also wrote of his sadness that Helen s passing meant she had left their children, daughter Manon, 14, and son Gulliver, 13, too early
The actor first met Helen in 2003, when they were both cast in the play Five Gold Rings at the off-West End Almeida Theatre
The actress died aged 52 after a secret battle with cancer
Helen, who was married to actor Damian Lewis, died at home peacefully surrounded by family
Lewis said she died as she lived. Fearlessly. We know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives
McCrory s heartbroken family had not publicly announced news of her heroic battle with cancer
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Charlie Murphy has confirmed she will not be appearing in the sixth season of Peaky Blinders.
The Irish actress, 32, played real-life character Jessie Eden, a British trade union leader who was close to Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) in the fourth and fifth seasons, and was his occasional love interest.
However it s clearly not to be, as Charlie told Digital Spy on Wednesday: Yeah. I m done now. But it was a lot of fun when we shot it. And that feels like an age ago as well. Which it was. It was about three years ago.
She s out: Peaky Blinders star Charlie Murphy (pictured) confirmed in an interview on Wednesday that she won t be returning to the show s sixth season
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