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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/gavin-and-stacey-star-margaret-dies.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Actress Margaret John, who has died aged 84, is pictured here playing the character of Mam from BBC Wales comedy High Hopes" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-gavin-and-stacey-star-margaret-dies.jpg" alt="Actress Margaret John, who has died aged 84, is pictured here playing the character of Mam from BBC Wales comedy High Hopes"/></a></p>
<p>Actress Margaret John, best known for her role as straight-talking pensioner Doris in Gavin And Stacey, has died aged 84.</p>
<p>Her agent Gemma McAvoy said the Swansea-born star passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a hospital in the city after suffering a short illness.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;Her career spanned 60 years and she did everything from film to television, radio and some amazing theatre roles.</p>
<p>&#8220;She used to say how she started playing lots of tragic roles and it was only later people recognised her great sense of humour.</p>
<p>&#8220;She had the most infectious love of life and an incredible sense of humour, and that is why people felt so warmly towards her.</p>
<p>&#8220;She felt like a friend to us all and not just a colleague and she will be sadly missed.&#8221;</p>
<p>John, a widow with no children, had a lengthy career that included appearances in the long-running Welsh series High Hopes and the forthcoming HBO show Game Of Thrones.</p>
<p>Her Gavin And Stacey co-star James Corden paid tribute to her on Twitter, writing: &#8220;All my thoughts are with the family of Margaret John who played Doris in G and S. A great actress and an incredible lady. She will be missed x.&#8221;</p>
<p>BBC Cymru Wales director Menna Richards said John was &#8220;a true Welsh national treasure&#8221;.</p>
<p>She said: &#8220;After appearing in many of the dramas that defined British television, including Doctor Who and Z-Cars, she found a whole new army of viewers with Gavin And Stacey and the hugely popular BBC Cymru Wales comedy High Hopes.&#8221;</p>
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