London, Mar 2 : Brit actress Wendy Richard, who is well remembered for her role EastEnders, was given a fitting tribute by her friends and fans at the pub where she had grown up in as a little girl.

Richard passed away on February 26 from cancer, and the gathering took place at the Shepherd’s Tavern, which lies in the heart of plush Mayfair, on March 1.

She was just five when her publican father Henry and her mother moved from the Isle of Wight to take over the Carrs brewery flagship pub.

London, Feb 27 : Soap queen Wendy Richard has died of cancer. She was 65.

Richard, who graced the small screen as Miss Brahms in hit BBC comedy series `Are You Being Served?' and later as matriarch Pauline Fowler in soap EastEnders, had breast cancer, reports The Daily Express.

Wendy's agent, Kevin Francis, said she remained "incredibly brave and retained her sense of humour right to the end".

Wendy endured two battles with breast cancer in the mid-1990s and then in 2002.