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June Brown - Lady Gaga - EastEnders icon June Brown's life - health woes, Lady Gaga link and abrupt soap exit - dailystar.co.uk - Britain - city Ipswich
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EastEnders icon June Brown's life - health woes, Lady Gaga link and abrupt soap exit
EastEnders actress June Brown has turned another year older and marked her 94th birthday on February 16.The soap icon is beat known for playing Dot Cotton and joined the BBC One soap back in 1985.In 2005, she won Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards and previously received the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Soap Awards.June was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to drama and to charity.In 2009, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, making her the second performer to receive a BAFTA nomination for their work in a soap opera, after Jean Alexander.It was announced in February 2020 that June had decided to leave EastEnders behind and quit her role as chain-smoking Dot permanently.To celebrate the birthday girl, Daily Star has taken a look back at her wild life from opening up about being "sick and tired" of having sex to her unexpected friendship with pop sensation turned Hollywood actress Lady Gaga.June was born on 16 February 1927 in Needham Market, Suffolk and was one of five children.Her younger brother John Peter died of pneumonia in 1932 at 15 days old, and her elder sister Marise died in 1934 aged eight from a meningitis-like illness. She was educated at St John's Church of England School in Ipswich and then won a scholarship to Ipswich High School, where she passed the school certificate examinations.During the Second World War, she was evacuated to the Welsh village of Pontyates in Carmarthenshire.
Man found after leaving Las Vegas not knowing he won jackpot - fox29.com - Usa - Spain - state Nevada - state Arizona - city Las Vegas, state Nevada
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Man found after leaving Las Vegas not knowing he won jackpot
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 14: The marquee at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino shows advertisements for the "Mystere by Cirque du Soleil" show as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on March 14, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada gambling regulators say their investigation tracked down an Arizona man who left Las Vegas after a visit last month not knowing he’d won a $229,368 slot machine jackpot.The machine being played by Robert Taylor malfunctioned due to a "communication error" and neither he nor the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino realized that he’d won a progressive jackpot the evening of Jan. 8, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said Friday in a statement.The jackpot was confirmed later after a review but Taylor had returned to Arizona by then and the casino was unable to identify him, the board’s statement said.RELATED: Retired housekeeper wins $50K in scratch-off lottery for 3rd timeThe board said it then began an investigation and eventually identified Taylor after two weeks of checking surveillance video, conducting witness interviews, studying electronic purchase records and reviewing ride-sharing data.A Spanish television reporter appeared to quit her job while she was live on air while celebrating a winning lottery ticket, but later discovered her payout was about $5,500.According to the board, it was important to locate Taylor to ensure he received what was owed to him and to maintain public trust in the casino industry.Taylor, whose hometown was not released, was notified of his jackpot on Jan.
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