Barbara Windsor's widower Scott Mitchell reveals soap star asked him if he was her father in the lead up to her 'cruel' death with Alzheimer's disease Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Lily Jobson For Mailonline Published: 07:23 EDT, 25 July 2024 | Updated: 07:26 EDT, 25 July 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Barbara Windsor 's widower Scott Mitchell has shared the heartbreaking four words the soap star asked him, in the lead up to her death. EastEnders ' Peggy Mitchell and Carry On icon Dame Barbara died in December 2020, aged 83, following a seven-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Scott shared details of her 'cruel' battle with the disease during an appearance on Thursday's Good Morning Britain , where he recalled the icon's last moments. The actor revealed that Barbara asked him "Are you my daddy?" as her health started to deteriorate and confusion between her present-self and childhood began. Asked by host Richard Madeley if Barbara still knew him 'at the very end', Scott said: 'She did, it came and went at times.
Barbara Windsor's widower Scott Mitchell, 61, has shared the heartbreaking four words the soap star asked him, in the lead up to her death EastEnders' Peggy Mitchell and Carry On icon Dame Barbara died in December 2020, aged 83, following a seven-year battle with Alzheimer's disease (pictured together in 2017) 'At times she would confuse me for other people and at one point ironically she said to me "Are you my daddy?". It's a cruel thing to watch..