EastEnders actor Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans, dies aged 88, family announces

EastEnders stars Roy and Pat (Tony Caunter and Pam St Clement), during a photocall (Tony Harris/PA)

Actor Tony Caunter, who played Roy Evans in EastEnders, has died at the age of 88, his family have announced.

Caunter played the character from 1994 to 2003, with the car dealer a love interest for the character of Pat Butcher, played by Pam St Clement, with the couple later marrying as part of the soap storyline.

A statement from Caunter’s family to the PA news agency said: “It is with enormous sadness that we bring the curtain down on our wonderful and hugely loved father, Tony Caunter, who died peacefully yesterday evening, just eight days after his beloved wife of 63 years, Fran, also passed away.

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