The actor, best known for her roles as snooty housewife Hyacinth Bucket and private investigator Hetty Wainthropp, has died at the age of 96. Here we look back at her wide-ranging career
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Patricia Routledge at the Waldorf hotel in London in September 1993.
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Fri 3 Oct 2025 06.31 EDT
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