", Addressing the possibility of Barbara going into a care home, Ross said: "I don't think it's even a may, it's going to happen and it's going to happen in a near-future rather than the late future.". During their tumultuous relationship, both parties were rumoured to be having affairs. Jaime Winstone who looked the spitting image of the soap star. On April 10, 2018 it was confirmed that the Carry On legend had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
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"Your whole history, 20 years or so at that time, is gone in their eyes and they’re looking at a stranger, and it's hard to take.
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