{"id":639639,"date":"2026-06-15T10:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639639\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:14:07","slug":"tributes-paid-after-sudden-death-of-veteran-eastenders-actor-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639639\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes paid after sudden death of veteran EastEnders actor &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxQNnZxZ1VCYzhLRTJzVTV5UldOQ1JmZ0NyUmZQM3g4TFAxd3ZGRU1OWTRKM3NXWWRSM0NXc242TXRreHREMkRyNTVjYUF0ZmJHV3dUakpQaHRfNEdKSC04Qkw4U21TSFNZME5VRmpxMkFoOGx6aV9XbTRnUUhIR3ZmNW9ydFRGTXloMVBhWVh2THdEZUVWSHJCcFpzZHFxT0Z3S015RkR3MW94UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tributes paid after sudden death of veteran EastEnders actor<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOUldPSGVreUdUQWx3QjMxbWNuNDl6bnRQam4wMl9BaU5YX0ZrRnd0V3NpbzJKUUZsOWR6cnhURHF6TTAzakRsazM3ZHg1aXBsS2x1djhaR3pRd3F1MmQwT1U1UDNpWkZXTUdNcmxTRDVvMndfUTFVOHFKNmEyU29IWnNaNkhqbnJQc1pRc1NNNjJYNk1sOTlYb1R2YlZWMFEyNWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EastEnders and Only Fools and Horses star Peter Heppelthwaite dies aged 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Manchester Evening News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPa203S1llTDNhM2NTU29ZQTZJT19UYWRpd1dTdFU0X25NWTg3YmFRcnFRT3pmMnFkOXpZdW1UQ1puc1pxYW1JcTl2cENrdDdiNVoybjJhdW83ZVg5VHJPRUUwVkJwd1VOSVA4OEg0ZGstYXdVbzB0X2NhSnh5TTNZLXByWWExX2luRkh4QmM3SHZjT3N3Z0pDa0w3MG1GeXVrdS1yNGUwRXZXdHg0Tk82WmREaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Peter Heppelthwaite death: EastEnders and Only Fools spin-off actor dies, aged 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxPQ0FLM0dZNWJSYWFyUElHUHUyXzltSzVEMWdYQWY2ZkRteEozZTNTdzVFVzh2d1UwZzBxMVVxaEoxMlpPUWRuWTVvakpUbGh2UEJLV1N2VDNQZWJ5NVpfeTNGOGVqLTZpQXduc3BPZVVsYWpvUWFhWDR5QXRVeUhEZm9YQ0J2czBJZWQ4c2RVRy1KWnRpLUt2WlpzZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Such sad news, RIP Peter \ud83d\udc94<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;facebook.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQZDEwVHhSSTBLVTZBWHRxT2NoLUlUVUxDTllkRmxJVXV3LTVTT3c1enM4OUdIU3dMczZMbGk1UUg5emZmdzBkNGFZNzJySGF2VmI1Rm56ZnFpQ2ZHc3hLTThhdzdMdUdkUnNrR0dYRDJGMUZZRVlHUGlfTmxDclU3S1JuX0Zxbldwamp6Z3JDSHpJOU1LMGdHODdn0gGfAUFVX3lxTE1VdjB6RzgzbFlJVHFLbUc5TUg4ejZYdTI5akVLZGJBQjI5bmdyX2NVbC1OMWVCM1FJc1RWdW9IM0xSWkZhUUZ3dlRkOWhJaEJuY28ydFZpc3VwdllVWmNlMDdSS1I3OU1INjNGWThzaUtBS1hieURMZklUeFJJV192ZHFpSm9TNTdHYlRPLTdlNW1wcnMtOUNQemVLRGcwVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Only Fools and EastEnders star&#8217;s daughter&#8217;s heartbreaking statement announcing his death at 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mirror<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tributes paid after sudden death of veteran EastEnders actor&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentEastEnders and Only Fools and Horses star Peter Heppelthwaite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-639639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}